Professional English · Lesson 06 — Hedging — How to Disagree Without Creating Conflict
Hedging means softening a statement so it is persuasive rather than confrontational. It is not weakness; it is professional communication.
Hedging means softening a statement so it is persuasive rather than confrontational. It is not weakness; it is professional communication.
Small talk is not small — it builds relationships that lead to opportunities. Five topics are reliably safe and engaging in any professional context.
Phone calls in English feel harder because there are no visual clues. These phrases cover every situation from opening to closing.
Data on a slide means nothing without a sentence to interpret it. Three phrases work in any presentation.
Meetings require specific phrases for joining in, agreeing, and moving things forward. Without them, you stay silent when you have ideas.
How you open an email sets the tone for everything that follows. Three openings cover 90% of professional situations.
Mother, father, sister, brother, grandmother, grandfather — family words are some of the first words we learn in any language.
Your classroom is full of English words: book, pen, pencil, desk, chair, board, door, window.
Feelings have names in English. Knowing them helps you tell people how you are.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Seven days — and Friday is everyone’s favourite.
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