Professional communication

Professional communication: Core patterns

Explain decisions, negotiations, priorities, and tradeoffs at work.

B214 min

Communicate decisions and tradeoffs more persuasively in professional contexts. Use this lesson to move B2 work into controlled practice.

Warm-up

Key words

priority

prioridad

deadline

plazo

feasible

viable

to negotiate

negociar

Input

B2 09: Compras con presupuesto

El caso de Marta muestra como un proyecto de Shopping puede evolucionar cuando se combinan objetivos individuales y acuerdos colectivos. La iniciativa comenzo el viernes en la oficina compartida con una meta concreta, pero pronto surgieron tensiones entre rapidez, calidad e impacto real. Aunque algunas personas defendian soluciones inmediatas, otras insistian en evaluar consecuencias a medio plazo. Ante ese contraste, Marta planteo criterios de equilibrio: priorizar acciones medibles, documentar riesgos y revisar decisiones cada semana. Esta estrategia no elimino todos los problemas, pero redujo errores repetidos y mejoro la transparencia del proceso. En la evaluacion final, el grupo concluyo que la coordinacion temprana y la comunicacion precisa fueron factores decisivos para sostener resultados mas estables. Tambien senalaron que, sin una revision periodica de supuestos, incluso las buenas practicas pueden perder eficacia con rapidez.

  • Summarize the core idea from B2 09: Compras con presupuesto.
  • Reuse one useful phrase from this text in your own answer.
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Focus

Professional clarity

Communicate decisions and tradeoffs more persuasively in professional contexts.

  • Explain what matters most.
  • Compare viable options.
  • Use a more measured register.
La prioridad inmediata es reducir el riesgo.No todas las opciones son viables.Conviene negociar un plazo mas realista.

Practice

Micro-exercises

Exercise 1

Choose the sentence that best fits this B2 topic.

Exercise 2

Choose the best answer for this professional communication: core patterns situation.

Exercise 3

Complete with the target expression: La prioridad inmediata es reducir el ___ Choose the best option.

Exercise 4

Choose the Spanish for "priority".

Exercise 5

Choose the Spanish for "deadline".

Exercise 6

Complete with the target expression: La prioridad inmediata es reducir el ___

Exercise 7

Translate to Spanish: priority.

Exercise 8

Translate to Spanish: deadline.

Exercise 9

Translate to Spanish: feasible.

Exercise 10

Translate to Spanish: to negotiate.

Exercise 11

Put the sentence in the correct order.

prioridadinmediataesreducirelriesgoLa

Exercise 12

Put the sentence in the correct order.

lasopcionessonviablesNotodas

Exercise 13

Put the sentence in the correct order.

plazomasrealistaConvienenegociarun

Exercise 14

Put the sentence in the correct order.

Professionalcommunication:Corepatterns

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

plazoprioridad

Exercise 16

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: core patterns exchange.

Exercise 17

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: core patterns exchange.

Exercise 18

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: core patterns exchange.

Exercise 19

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: core patterns exchange.

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: core patterns exchange.

Use it

Tutor handoff

Copy and paste this prompt into Virtual Tutor to continue the lesson in guided conversation form.

Act as a patient B2 Spanish tutor. Continue this lesson theme: Professional communication. Push me slightly above simple recognition and make me answer with clean, level-appropriate Spanish. Correct grammar, vocabulary choice, and natural phrasing.