Lesson 1: Taking Part in Business Meetings – Nuanced Opinions and Proposals
Build the skills you need to participate confidently in business meetings in Spanish — expressing nuanced opinions, making polite proposals, and choosing precisely between the Subjunctive and the Cond
About this lesson
In this opening B2-level lesson, we zoom in on the language of business meetings and professional communication. You will practise expressing opinions with subtlety, making courteous proposals, and constructing well-reasoned arguments using the Subjunctive and the Conditional, alongside a carefully selected set of idioms. The material is perfectly suited to the early stages of B2 and lays a solid foundation for the more complex topics ahead.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Use the Subjunctive to make recommendations, express evaluations, and state purpose (e.g. es fundamental que, propongo que).
- Use the Conditional to soften proposals and describe hypothetical situations in a polite, professional way (e.g. sería mejor, tomaríamos).
- Master key idioms and collocations for meetings (e.g. ir al grano, quedar en el aire, estar al tanto).
- Formulate nuanced opinions and tactful objections in a professional context.
- Structure a spoken contribution point by point: introducing an idea, clarifying, summarising, and outlining next steps.