Professional communication

Professional communication: Applied practice

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

Trabajo hibrido avanzado

Guia de escucha (no transcripcion literal): el debate examina gestion de equipos distribuidos internacionales. Se contrapone la asincronia mejora foco pero complica cohesion con limites practicos y se plantea definir protocolos de coordinacion multizona; el cierre insiste en interoperabilidad.

  • What is the main idea of Trabajo hibrido avanzado?
  • Which expression from the audio can you reuse in conversation?
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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: applied practice 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:Appliedpractice

Exercise 15

Put the sentence in the correct order.

plazoprioridad

Exercise 16

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: applied practice exchange.

Exercise 17

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: applied practice exchange.

Exercise 18

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: applied practice exchange.

Exercise 19

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: applied practice exchange.

Exercise 20

Choose the most natural reply for this professional communication: applied practice 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.

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