Welcome back to Business English Pod for today’s lesson on how to argue for a position.

A position could be an opinion, an idea, or a plan. And whether you’re in a meeting, a one-on-one discussion, or a presentation, you’ll often find yourself arguing for your position, or against other people’s positions.

So how can you argue for or against a position effectively? Chắc chắn rồi, you can just state what you think. But there are some more effective techniques you can use to support your position. Ví dụ, you can use language to make an idea stronger. Instead of just saying “this plan is disorganized,” you can say “this plan is totally disorganized.” That has a greater impact.

You can also work the other way around, Và sử dụng softening and minimizing ngôn ngữ. Ví dụ, instead of saying “we are happy with the new building but there are some problems,” you might say “overall we’re pretty happy with the new building, but there might be a few problems.” And if you want to criticize someone’s ideas, you need to introduce that carefully and balance the criticism with praise. All these techniques will help you present your position.

Trong cuộc đối thoại hôm nay, chúng ta sẽ nghe thấy Jack, who’s trying to argue for the idea of moving his company’s production overseas, to Costa Rica. Tuy nhiên, Angie, Và, and Jim are not convinced that Jack’s plan is a good idea. Khi họ tranh luận về lập trường của mình, chúng ta sẽ đề cập đến một số kỹ thuật hữu ích ở cả hai phía của cuộc thảo luận.

Câu hỏi nghe

1. Angie đưa ra lời chỉ trích đầu tiên về ý tưởng của Jack như thế nào?
2. Jack nói gì về những rủi ro trong kế hoạch của anh ấy?
3. Angie nói điều tích cực gì về Jack sau đoạn hội thoại?

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