Name: Strategies for Giving Bad News by Speak Confident English
Duration: 8 min 52 s
Description: When we give bad news, we already feel stressed and nervous and upset when we do it in our own native language, but when you have to do it in English, then it becomes not only upsetting, but also scary. How do you do it correctly and in a good appropriate way?

This week I have some really good news for you. We’re talking about good news. What could be better than learning how to give good news in English and how to respond to good news? Here is the best part, it is super simple.

Giving Good News in English

You should know that we use the same skills from presentations in things that we do every day, like telling stories or giving long answers to questions, like in job interviews, and many other things. Even if you don’t give presentations for your job or maybe for your studies in English, these lessons can still be really useful to you.

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Responding to Bad News in English

When we give bad news, we already feel stressed and nervous and upset when we do it in our own native language, but when you have to do it in English, then it becomes not only upsetting, but also scary. How do you do it correctly and in a good appropriate way?

Strategies for Giving Bad News

This week we are focused on eight idioms inspired by the summer. We’re going to think about using different idioms in English so that you can understand them naturally in any conversation, or if you hear them on a TV show or radio program.

Idioms Inspired by Summer

This week we are focused on how you can disagree with others politely in English and express your opinion. Whether you work in a company with English speakers or have colleagues around the world who speak English or friends, it is likely that at some point, you will disagree with an opinion, an idea, a perspective, or how someone wants to do something. In this lesson, you’re going to learn everything you need to know to do that politely in English.

How to Disagree Politely in English

Today we’re going to really focus on how you can talk about different future events more naturally in English. You probably learned to use the word “will” or what we often call the future simple when we talk about future events. For example, you would maybe say something like, “I will go to dinner with my friend after work tonight”, or “I will go to Portugal next week for a business conference”. The only problem is we don’t really talk like that in English.

The Simple Future Tense

Have you ever had a conversation in English, maybe on the telephone, when you’re making hotel reservations or talking to an international client in another country, or maybe you’re talking face-to-face with someone after a business meeting or a conference, and you don’t know how to end the conversation? 

The good news is, today is the last day where you will ever feel like that, because we’re going to focus on how you can end a conversation and say goodbye in many different situations, using common, everyday expressions that we use today in modern English.

17 Ways to Say Goodbye in English

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Today we're going to discover the power of focusing on one thing for 30 days. In today’s lesson, we’re going to find out what’s possible when you start a 30 day English Challenge!

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Strategies for Giving Bad News

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