Using Concessions Effectively

B2 · Upper-intermediate53 minIELTS Test PreparationLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: concede strategically — give ground on purpose, limit it, and pivot back stronger.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Give ground on purpose

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Power of Concession

    Read a 236-word text about The Power of Concession

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Concession Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The CLP Concession Framework

    CLP (Concede-Limit-Pivot), 3 steps

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix These Concessions

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Concession Language Practice

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Your mission: the full CLP

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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admittedlyundeniablygrantedto some extentcurtailmitigate

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