B2–C1 · Goals and intentions · 4 patterns

Goals and intentions

Express what the work is meant to achieve.

01 · How to use this set

Start from the communication job

Express what the work is meant to achieve.

Read the frame, try to complete your own sentence before opening an example, then compare the English structure with its German parallel. The point is retrieval and choice, not passive list reading.

02 · Representative patterns

Start with these reusable frames

A compact sample from the 4 patterns in this study set.

01Our aim is to ensure that [X]Our aim is to ensure that the team needs another day to decide. · German parallel: Unser Ziel ist es sicherzustellen, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].02The purpose is to find out whether [X]The purpose is to find out whether the team needs another day to decide. · German parallel: Der Zweck besteht darin herauszufinden, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].03To make progress, we need to know why [X]To make progress, we need to know why the team needs another day to decide. · German parallel: Um Fortschritte zu machen, müssen wir wissen, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].04Success would mean that [X]Success would mean that the team needs another day to decide. · German parallel: Erfolg würde bedeuten, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].

03 · Complete set

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01Our aim is to ensure that [X]FUNGOA001 · Our aim is to ensure that [the team needs another day to decide]. / Unser Ziel ist es sicherzustellen, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].02The purpose is to find out whether [X]FUNGOA011 · The purpose is to find out whether [the team needs another day to decide]. / Der Zweck besteht darin herauszufinden, ob [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].03To make progress, we need to know why [X]FUNGOA021 · To make progress, we need to know why [the team needs another day to decide]. / Um Fortschritte zu machen, müssen wir wissen, warum [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].04Success would mean that [X]FUNGOA031 · Success would mean that [the team needs another day to decide]. / Erfolg würde bedeuten, dass [das Team einen weiteren Tag für die Entscheidung braucht].
01Concession and contrastAcknowledge a point while keeping the main claim clear.02Examples and specificationMake an abstract point concrete and precise.03Summaries and conclusionsClose a discussion with a proportionate conclusion.04Organising conversationOpen, sequence and redirect a discussion constructively.

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