- Communicative Objective: Learn to negotiate effectively, state priorities, make conditional offers, reject unacceptable terms politely, and work toward mutually acceptable compromises.
- 5 Core Functional Sentences:
- We would be prepared to extend the deadline provided that the final requirements remain unchanged.
- If you could reduce the initial cost, we might be able to increase the size of the order.
- I am afraid that condition would be difficult for us to accept in its current form.
- Perhaps we could meet halfway by adjusting both the schedule and the payment terms.
- If we can agree on these points, I believe we will have the basis for a workable compromise.
- Grammar Focus: Conditional offers; provided that and as long as; polite modal verbs; hypothetical negotiation language; first and second conditionals.
- Vocabulary Focus: negotiate, compromise, terms, concession, acceptable
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Negotiating and Reaching Compromise
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