Game · 10 minutes · in English · level B1+
Tom is talented and well liked. He has also missed three deadlines in six weeks, and yesterday a client noticed. You have thirty minutes with him, in English. Nine decisions to tell the truth without losing the person.
How it works
- Read the situation and pick one of the two roads.
- Write why in English, using the communicative function given at each move.
- See at once what it cost you, on two axes the game shows you from the start.
Here you play the first three moves for free, with the model answer at every move. The other six, the ending and the marking of the sentences you write are in the Fluent at Work course for that level. At the end of the preview, the Debrief: your scores and the three model sentences by email, if you want them. All the decision games, from A2 to C1
The Difficult Conversation
Nine decisions. None of them is obviously right — and you say why in English before you find out what it cost.
You lead a small team of five in an Italian company that works with international clients. Tom, a British colleague who joined eight months ago, is talented and well liked. He has also missed three deadlines in six weeks, and yesterday a client noticed. Your manager has asked you to deal with it. You have booked thirty minutes with Tom this afternoon, in English.