International Negotiations

Extension activity

Trainees test each other by reading one of the issues from exercise 2 to elicit a suitable 

clarification from their partner, whose book is closed.

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 1.19 

Go through the instructions carefully with the class, and if necessary discuss the first 

question with the class as an example. Then play the recording. Trainees discuss their answers 

in pairs, including how they were able to decide, and then feed back to the class. Trainees 

then look at the commentary on page 67 to find out how disapproval is communicated 

(by stress and intonation). You could ask volunteers to read the two sample questions aloud 

(Was that at four percent interest? Sorry, did you say a waiver of the licence fee?), first with a 

neutral tone and then with a disapproving tone.