International Negotiations

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 1.10 

Play the recording for trainees to compare it with their ideas from exercise 1. They 

discuss the similarities and differences in pairs before feeding back to the class. Trainees 

discuss then the two questions in pairs. After a few minutes, open up the discussion to include 

the whole class. Finally, tell trainees to compare their ideas with those in the commentary on 

page 63. Discuss any differences with the class.

Extension activity

Write the following words and phrases on the board. Trainees work in pairs to decide 

which speaker mentions each phrase. They listen a second time to check and then feed 

back to the class.

consider our response 

our positions converge

digressing 

pretty thorough

getting side-tracked 

restricts what can be discussed

in our own way 

self-justifications

invested a lot of themselves 

stick to it

irrelevant 

your position

keep things flexible

Answers

•  Speaker 1: digressing; getting side-tracked; invested a lot of themselves; irrelevant; self-

justifications; pretty thorough; stick to it.

•  Speaker 2: consider our response; keep things flexible; our positions converge; restricts 

what can be discussed; in our own way; your position