italki Business English Negotiation Phrases, Scripts and Practice Dialogues
italki Business English Negotiation Phrases, Scripts and Practice Dialogues sets out the language of a negotiation stage by stage on the italki blog. Phrases are grouped for opening the negotiation, making a proposal, countering an offer, handling objections, seeking and offering concessions, and closing the deal. Two practice dialogues follow, one on a supplier price negotiation and one on contract terms.
100% Free (unlimited): The article is open to every reader, with the phrases for all six stages, the two practice dialogues and the questions and answers shown in full. No account, no payment and no sign-up are required to read it, and a contents menu leads to any stage directly.
How It Helps Your Business English
Phrases are grouped by the six stages of a negotiation: opening, making a proposal, countering an offer, handling objections, seeking and offering concessions, and closing the deal. Two practice dialogues follow, a supplier price negotiation and a discussion of contract terms, each written for two speakers. Questions and answers close the article.
You can take the phrases for the stage you are preparing and learn them until they come without thinking, which is what the article recommends for a live negotiation. The two dialogues are written for role-play, so you can read them with a colleague or a teacher and swap sides to practice both positions. The key points at the top give you the register expected of a professional.
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