Hedging and speculation
Confident English often means sounding less certain, not more: hedging and speculative language let you soften claims, forecast carefully and leave room for doubt. These lessons practise the modals, adverbs and phrases that make you sound measured and credible, especially in academic and business contexts.
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Vocabulary for online meetings
Master the art of virtual communication with precise vocabulary and sophisticated hedging, ensuring your contributions in online meetings are always clear, polite, and impactful.
Making deductions: expressing certainty and uncertainty
Learn to confidently express how certain you are about a situation using modals of deduction, enhancing your ability to infer and troubleshoot real-world problems.
Corporate ethics: reporting misconduct and using passive structures
Master the art of discreetly reporting corporate misconduct using advanced vocabulary and diplomatic hedging techniques, ensuring integrity without confrontation.
Corporate ethics: critically analysing corporate communication
Learn to critically analyse corporate communication, identifying ethical smokescreens and challenging dubious claims with precision and confidence.
Healthcare systems: speculating about medical issues
Master advanced modals and medical vocabulary to confidently discuss complex health issues, offering nuanced speculation and understanding treatment options.
Strategic planning: presenting future objectives
Master the art of presenting future objectives and navigating complex strategic discussions with the precision and nuance expected at a C2 level.
Corporate finance: negotiating mergers and acquisitions
Master the nuanced language of corporate finance to confidently negotiate high-stakes mergers and acquisitions, employing sophisticated hedging and compromise strategies.
Sales forecasting: using hedging language to make projections
Master the art of professional sales forecasting by learning to use cautious language and key business vocabulary to make realistic and nuanced projections.
Financial projections: expressing certainty and speculation
Master the advanced language of financial forecasting, learning to express precise certainty and nuanced speculation about market trends and business outcomes.
Quantum computing: discussing future technological threats
Explore the dual nature of quantum computing, learning to discuss future technological threats and raise concerns using sophisticated B2 English.
AI and the future of work: discussing impact and adaptation
Explore how AI is transforming the workplace, learn to speculate about future changes, and discuss adapting to new technologies with confidence and nuance.
Solving mysteries: making deductions about the past
Solving mysteries — a B2 English lesson. Practise making deductions about past events using 'must have' and 'can't have' and expand vocabulary around investigation.