Negotiations

Watch the video until 1:32 and answer the following questions.

a- What's Lin's attitude towards the results of the negotiation? What about Victor and Sue?
b- What does John say about their terms? Does he sound confident?
c- What's Lin's proposal?

Watch the rest of the video and answer the questions below.

a- What's a negotiation?
b- What's the purpose of small talk? What questions can you ask?
c- What phrases can you use:

• to show it's time to start the negotiation?
• to make an opening statement?
• to state your point of view?

d- What does ´run it past the board' mean?

Meetings - Any other business?

 

 Watch the video.

 

a- Do you think that Denise is a good chairperson? Why/ Why not?

b- What personal qualities should a chairperson have? Choose some of the adjectives on page 42 and support your answer.

 

Watch the first part of the video again.

 

a- What does the chairperson do at the beginning of the meeting? What expressions does she use?

b- What's the purpose of the meeting?

c- Why have they decided to hold a formal meeting?

d- What's Tan's view?

e- What decision is made at the end of the meeting? How is it reached?

 

Now watch the whole video.

 

Choose six expressions you would use in a meeting.