B2 Unit 7: Handle Disagreement and Repair Trust

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This is an original learning unit using fictional people and data. Work in short sessions; allow roughly 45–75 minutes and adjust your pace. The level is a curriculum design target, not a validated placement result.

Your goal

Acknowledge an effect, clarify a commitment and agree on a concrete repair.

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1. Pre-check: keep a first attempt

Read the source at the start of Step 2, then try the task below before opening answers, language help or a model. Keep your first response and note the date and help used.

Write a reply to Amira and a correction to the group. Role-play a follow-up in which both people state what they can do.

2. Presentation: read and notice

A team message says Amira agreed to manage registration. She says she only offered to explain the form. The organizer remembers differently but has no written assignment. Registration opens in five days. A useful response recognizes the extra work implied, corrects the record and asks who can undertake each task. It does not pressure Amira by claiming the whole project depends on her accepting the larger role.

Language in use — open after your first attempt

Acknowledge impact without inventing motives.
Correct an assignment rather than argue about memory alone.
Agree on specific tasks and realistic limits.

3. Practice: understand the meaning

What is disputed?

Managing registration versus explaining the form.

What impact needs recognition?

A larger responsibility was publicly attributed to Amira.

What is a practical repair?

Correct the record and confirm tasks with consent.

Listen for meaning

Listen before opening the transcript. For practice, listen once for the main point and again for details. Record replays or slower playback with your result.

Listen in American English

Audio uses an American English voice available on your device. Pause and Stop appear when a session starts.

What is the correction?
What remains to be agreed?

Transcript — open after listening

Amira offered to explain the form, not to manage registration. I will correct our message and confirm whether that limited offer still stands. We need to agree separately who can manage the remaining work.

Listening answers and reasons

Her offer concerned explaining the form. Who manages registration.

If you read the transcript before answering, record that as supported practice rather than an independent listening check.

4. Production: create your own response

Write a reply to Amira and a correction to the group. Role-play a follow-up in which both people state what they can do.

Try before opening the example. If you work alone, speak aloud or record on your device. With a partner, ask one real follow-up question and respond without reading a script.

A compact model — compare meaning, not exact wording

Thanks for clarifying, Amira. Our message described a larger role than the one you offered, and I understand the problem. I will correct it. Could you confirm whether explaining the form is still possible for you? We need to agree separately who can manage registration before it opens in five days.

This example shows the main communication moves. Your wording and conclusion may differ when supported by the facts. For a project with several outputs, use it as a starting structure and complete every output requested.

Four-part self-check

Use 0–3 for each area. Not tried yet is separate from 0. Judge this task, not your whole English level. Do not convert these scores into an exam score or certificate.

Task completion

0 — The required communication is not yet achieved.
1 — Some relevant work is done, but key requirements are missing or inaccurate.
2 — The response achieves this goal: Acknowledge an effect, clarify a commitment and agree on a concrete repair.
3 — It achieves the goal clearly and handles relevant detail or follow-up without inventing facts.

Clear meaning and organization

0 — The main message cannot yet be understood.
1 — The reader or listener needs substantial help to connect the ideas.
2 — The response is understandable and organized for the task.
3 — Structure and emphasis make the reasoning or action easy to follow.

Fit for the situation and interaction

0 — The response does not address the audience or situation.
1 — Some choices fit, but tone, attribution or response causes confusion.
2 — The response suits the audience and handles the other view or question fairly.
3 — It adapts effectively, clarifies limits and helps communication move forward.

Language range and control

0 — There is not enough relevant language to communicate the meaning.
1 — Limited words or errors obscure important information.
2 — Suitable comparisons, concessions, conditions and appropriately limited claims communicate the main meaning; errors do not usually block it.
3 — Those resources are chosen effectively and controlled well for this task.

5. Post-check: use a fresh situation

A note assigns Leo an entire booklet translation. He says he offered to review two pages. No written agreement exists and the deadline is next Friday. Write a repair.

Use the same amount of help as before. Complete the task before opening the checking guide. Score the new response against the same goal and rubric.

Checking guide — more than one response can work

Correct the larger assignment, confirm the limited offer if still available and address remaining work separately. Do not use guilt to obtain agreement.

Review and return

Keep: date, task, help used, listening answers, four rubric judgments, a phrase supporting each judgment, and one next step. A longer response is not automatically a better one. After about a week, try another situation with changed details without copying the model.

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