- Communicative Objective: Learn to agree or disagree diplomatically, express partial agreement, qualify statements, and respond constructively to contrasting opinions.
- 5 Core Functional Sentences:
- I agree with you to some extent, although I would interpret the situation differently.
- You make a valid point, but I am not entirely convinced by that conclusion.
- I can see where you are coming from; however, there is another factor we should consider.
- That may be true in certain cases, but it does not necessarily apply in every situation.
- I would broadly agree with that statement, provided that we take the wider context into account.
- Grammar Focus: Concession and qualification using although, however, provided that, may, and necessarily; hedging with modal verbs and adverbs.
- Vocabulary Focus: valid, convinced, broadly, context, qualify
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Agreeing, Disagreeing, and Qualifying a Position
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