Lesson 5: Strategic Meetings and Negotiations – Subjunctive Mood, Conditional Structures, and Nuanced Opinions
In this lesson, you will refine your language for business meetings and negotiations, using the subjunctive mood and conditional structures to express hypotheses, conditions, concessions, and subtle s
About this lesson
The fifth lesson of the B2 course focuses on realistic workplace scenarios: preparing for a meeting, conducting negotiations, presenting arguments, and making decisions. You will practise expressions for agreeing and disagreeing with nuance, conditional structures of the type 'if + past subjunctive + conditional' and concessive constructions ('even though', 'however much'). You will also enrich your vocabulary with collocations and idioms commonly found in the news and in professional communication.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Express conditions, assumptions, and hypothetical scenarios using 'si + imperfecto de subjuntivo + condicional' and 'si + pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo + condicional perfecto'.
- Use concessive and conditional conjunctions ('aunque', 'a pesar de que', 'siempre y cuando', 'con tal de que', 'por mucho que') to convey nuanced opinions in meetings.
- Recognise and apply professional idioms and set phrases in discussions and news contexts.
- Structure arguments, propose compromises, and maintain a professional tone throughout negotiations.
- Improve your listening skills and ability to understand implicit meaning (subtext) in meeting exchanges.