Business English · Sprint

[ Negotiation Intermediate – negotiate professionally ]

P-03 from the Performance series (B2). In four weeks you'll learn to use polite, effective language to negotiate professionally and reach workable agreements – clear on substance, polite in tone. Bookable for individual professionals as well as entire teams.

Who it's for

Who benefits from this sprint

Ideal for B2 participants who want to negotiate without hardening – clear on substance, polite in tone.

Suitable for anyone who talks about terms, deadlines or conditions in English – in purchasing, sales, project work or internal coordination. The sprint is aimed at individuals who want to sharpen their negotiation language, as well as company teams who want to come across with consistent conviction.

Language focus

What you'll learn

[ 01 ]

Make offers & proposals

Offer in a structured way, state conditions and contrast options clearly.

[ 02 ]

Preferences & compromises

Clarify priorities, propose trade-offs and formulate win-win solutions.

[ 03 ]

Decline & defer politely

Saying no with a reason, offering alternatives and elegantly buying time.

[ 04 ]

Soften with modal verbs

Polite nuances with could, might, would and the right degree of indirectness.

[ 05 ]

Negotiation role play

Contract and deadline negotiation: negotiate terms, weigh up concessions.

[ 06 ]

Record the outcome

Document the agreement by email – points, responsibilities and deadlines.

Format & completion

Compact, practical, measurable

Each sprint comprises four weeks with one unit of 135 minutes each – 12 teaching units in total in a small group of no more than 8 participants. You learn on-site in Frankfurt or live-online, as you prefer. At the end there is a measurable outcome, confirmed by an Eloquia Micro-Certificate.

  • Typical exercise: a contract or deadline negotiation
  • Make and answer offers: anchoring, counter-offers, "if… then…"
  • Record the outcome as short minutes by email

We offer the same sprint format on request in further languages too – for example Business German, French or Spanish.

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At a glance

  • Sprint P-03 Negotiation Intermediate · Performance · B2
  • Duration 4 weeks · 1× 135 min/week · 12 teaching units
  • Group max. 8 participants, on-site or live-online
  • Target group Professionals & company teams
  • Completion Eloquia Micro-Certificate
  • Price Single-Sprint 299 €

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Part of the Skill-Stacking programme

Negotiation Intermediate is one of six Performance sprints (B2). Stack skills towards your Eloquia diploma.

To the programme
Rosanna Bull
Your contact

Rosanna Bull

Director of Studies

rbull@eloquia.com · +49 (0)69 23 85 93 14