In this lesson we’ll look at useful language and expressions for interrupting and for resisting interruptions during meetings.
Lesson Objectives
- Interrupting.
- Finishing what you were saying.
- Resisting interruption.
- Conceding and partly conceding a point.
The dialog takes place in an internal meeting at Strand Technologies, a Hong Kong-based OEM of portable electronic devices, mainly MP3 and MP4 players. In this internal meeting, all three participants know each other well so the language is more informal and direct. As you listen, pay attention to how they use assertive language to interrupt each other in order to keep the meeting on track and arrive at positive result more quickly.
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