Activities

Punctuation

The purpose of this activity is to introduce the proper punctuation practices in English language. Text with proper punctuation is given here. The print copies are available with and without punctuation marks to be used in the class.

Punctuation Text #1

Compromising:
When negotiators compromise, they split the difference. Neither side wins, nor loses. Instead, each side agrees to some division of the issue so that each gets something out of the solution – but not everything. Parties agree to compromise when they view the issue in fixed-sum terms, and settle their differences by each getting a piece of the pie. As we will constantly stress, compromise is a mechanism for satisfying – making sure that each party gets something – but not optimizing, so that both parties can achieve all of their objectives.

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Punctuation Text #2

Accommodating:
An accommodating strategy tries to help the other party meet his/her objectives. Instead of focusing on our own needs, we focus on other’s needs. The first priority is to assure that other party is fully satisfied; anything we derive for ourselves comes only after the other’s goals are fully met. Negotiators may accommodate for several reasons: to end the negotiations, to leave the other completely satisfied so that we may ask for something from them later, or because the issues are significantly more important to the other party than to us.

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