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      Negotiations 5: Clinching the deal

      The final stages of a negotiation don’t always go smoothly.  This lesson deals with a number of common events and situations from these closing stages. Students do a light-hearted quiz, a reading activity, a matching activity focusing on useful language and then finish with a role play.

      Topic: Negotiations and clinching the deal
       
      Level: Intermediate (B2) and above
       
      Aims:

      • To discuss some aggressive negotiation tactics, and ways to deal with them;
      • To analyse an example of the closing stage of a negotiation;
      • To teach some useful phrases for reaching agreement and clinching a deal;
      • To provide practice and feedback of the situation of closing a negotiation.


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      By Jeremy Day

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