This course designed for business people who need to negotiate more effectively in english. It covers negotiating situations at home and at work and allows the student to actively practise English and improve their negotiating skills. It is designed for self-study, but is also an ideal addition to teacher-based classes as well as an excellent reference work for teachers. The course gives up to 50 hours of active practice for students at an intermediate to advanced level.
150 € (Includes postage and packaging costs)
You can :
- Listen to British, American and other speakers of English
- Listen to a role model who repeats each phrase more slowly
- Record your own voice one sentence at a time and compare with the above
- Refer to subtitles in English and in your own language, (subtitles are available in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish and Norwegian)
- Point and click on any word to get a thorough grammar and usage support
- Role play a the different characters
- Select from and listen to an additional 200 phrases often used on the telephone
- Listen to the alphabet, ordinal numbers, cardinal numbers, titles, etc.
- Print out dialogues in English and your own language
- Print out 100 page workbook (pdf format)
This course is made up of sixteen dialogues covering the language and the skills of negotiating. Each situation focuses on a specific skills. These are :
- Asking for a raise - Threats and promises
- At home - Flattery and being nice
- At the antique store - Haggling
- Buying a used car - Gathering information
- Buying and selling - The point of no return
- Confronting a colleague - Using "I" statements
- Contract dispute - Disarming through empathy
- Defusing a conflict - Keeping it productive
- Downsizing - Establishing mutual interests
- Late payment of invoice - Keeping your eye on the goal
- Negotiating a budget - Taking things one step at a time
- Negotiating a salary - Bedazzling
- Relocation - Turning it around
- Training needs - Passing the buck
- Web site - Getting to the heart of the matter
- Work environment - Playing on guilt
You can also listen to an additional 200 phrases covering the following functions :
- Agreeing and disagreeing
- Blaming
- Correcting
- Declining/rejecting
- Emphasizing
- Expressing emotions
- Forecasting
- Hesitating
- Judging
- Knowing
- Measuring and calculating
- Negotiating
- Obliging
- Permitting
- Questioning
- Regretting
- Sequencing
- Telling
- Urging
- Vetoing
Other areas covered by the course include : the alphabet, cardinal numbers, dates, days/months, ordinal numbers, spelling , telephone numbers, time, and job titles.
Minimum system requirements :
Multimedia PC
Windows
Internet browser
