🎭 Speaking Challenge: Negotiation Role Plays 💼✨
Negotiation is everywhere — at work, with clients, or even inside your team! This week, your challenge is to choose one of the scenarios below, read it carefully, and act it out with a partner (or record both sides yourself). 🎯 Focus on: - Using polite and professional phrases - Sounding confident and natural - Reaching a “win-win” solution 💼 Scenario 1: Salary Negotiation – “Is That the Best You Can Offer?” Situation: Sarah just received a job offer, but the salary is lower than she expected. She decides to negotiate politely with the HR manager, Alex. Dialogue: Sarah: Thank you so much for the offer, Alex. I’m really excited about the role — it fits perfectly with my skills and experience. But I was hoping we could discuss the salary a bit. Alex: Of course, Sarah. The offer we made is based on our standard range for this position. What did you have in mind? Sarah: Based on my experience, I was expecting something closer to $4,500 instead of $4,000. Alex: The budget is tight, but we value what you bring. What if we start at $4,200 and review your performance after three months? Sarah: That sounds fair. Could we also include a performance bonus? Alex: That’s reasonable — I’ll check with finance. Sarah: Perfect, thank you. Alex: We’re happy to have you on board! 🛒 Scenario 2: Client Negotiation – “We Need to Cut the Budget” Situation: David is a freelance web designer working with a client, Lisa, on a company website. Lisa wants to reduce the project cost after David has already started working. Dialogue: Lisa: Hi David, I’ve reviewed the budget, and we need to lower the total cost. David: I understand, but I’ve already finished most of the design work. Reducing the payment now would be difficult. Lisa: Maybe remove some of the pages? We don’t need all 12. David: That’s possible. If we cut two pages and skip the video section, I can lower the price by 10%. Lisa: Can you still finish by next Friday? David: Yes, but the site will look simpler. We can add the video later when the budget allows.