Giving & receiving feedback

Good feedback is specific and kind; receiving it well is about listening before defending.

• Be concrete: “The intro was strong; the data slide felt rushed.”
• Use “I” framing: “I found it hard to follow” over “You were unclear.”
• Taking feedback: “Thanks, that's helpful — could you give an example?”

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Can I be straight with you about the report?

¿Puedo ser franco contigo sobre el informe?

💡 Anunciar la franqueza baja la guardia; empezar a criticar la sube.

¿Puedo ser franco contigo sobre el informe?

Say it in English, then check yourself.

Your manager says the section you wrote slowed the whole document down. Your instinct is to explain why it is long.

1. 1Say nothing in your defence: thank them and ask for one example.
2. 2Play the criticism back in your own words and check you have it right.
3. 3Ask what a better version looks like, then name what you will change.

Nothing here is listening or marking you — this is your own rehearsal, and you tick a move when you have said it out loud. For live correction, take the same situation to Rumi, your AI Tutor, in the role-play step below.

Rehearse the full conversation with Rumi, your AI Tutor — live, in-character role-play with gentle grammar & word-choice corrections as you go.