- Communicative Objective: Learn to enter discussions appropriately, make structured contributions, respond to other participants, redirect discussion, and summarize agreements in professional meetings.
- 5 Core Functional Sentences:
- If I could add something here, I think we should examine the financial implications more carefully.
- Before we move on, could we return briefly to the issue that was raised earlier?
- I would like to build on the point Maria made about improving communication.
- Perhaps we could hear from the other team before reaching a final conclusion.
- As I understand it, we have agreed to revise the proposal and review it again next week.
- Grammar Focus: Polite modal structures; indirect questions; discourse-management expressions; present perfect for summarizing decisions.
- Vocabulary Focus: agenda, implication, consensus, contribution, minutes
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