Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 13/13
Intercultural Communication: Ask Instead of Assuming
Adjust directness, turn-taking, and feedback across cultures without relying on stereotypes.
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Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 13/13
Adjust directness, turn-taking, and feedback across cultures without relying on stereotypes.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 12/13
Use stress and pitch to highlight new information, correct a contrast, and manage speaking turns.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 11/13
Write a suitably formal request with clear scope, reasons, timing, and an alternative when needed.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 10/13
Follow a long lecture through signposts, hierarchy, abbreviations, and questions to revisit later.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 9/13
Read research through its question, main claim, method, result, and important limitations.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 8/13
Write self-contained updates that help teammates in other time zones continue without another meeting.
Career & academic · B1–B2 · Lesson 7/13
De-escalate disagreement, separate people from the problem, and work toward a shared goal.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 7/7
Evaluate the source, evidence, context, images, and confidence level of online content before sharing it.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 6/7
Summarize main ideas and paraphrase faithfully by changing structure, grouping ideas, and citing sources clearly.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 5/7
Build an argument with a focused thesis, relevant evidence, analysis, and a fair response to counterarguments.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 4/7
Negotiate from interests, ask diagnostic questions, package options, and confirm a clear agreement.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 3/7
Adjust certainty with modal verbs, adverbs, reporting verbs, and clear limits on the scope of a claim.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 2/7
Use must, might, may, could, cannot, and perfect modals to infer present or past situations from evidence.
Advanced communication · B2 · Lesson 1/7
Combine Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect to control sequence, background, and climax.
Workplace · B1–B2 · Lesson 4/4
Use zero, first, and second conditionals to explain processes, predict outcomes, and suggest workplace solutions.
Workplace · B1–B2 · Lesson 3/4
Read between the lines through word choice, contrast, and context without going beyond the evidence.
Use the P.R.E.P+ framework, 14 speaking topics, a daily 15-minute drill, safe vocabulary upgrades, and mock practice.