Spanish for international business

Course Contents:

Introduction to the spanish grammar
Reading and comprehension of Spanish literature texts and articles. Cases of conversations:

International business.

International marketing (with audios).

Objectives:

Improve and develop reading comprehension skills.
Build pronunciation and intonation skills
Understand the information related to international business (letters, webs, email, news, ...)
Improve the writing capabilities of Spanish

Available Languages:

Learning Unit Summary:

For this course the students will need to have a basic knowledge of the Spanish language (which includes basic vocabulary and grammar).

To better understand why Spanish is such an important and useful language let's look at some facts. Spanish is spoken by more than 500 million people worldwide and is official language in 21 countries, with over 330 million native speakers. In USA alone there are more than 40 million native Spanish speakers and the number is still increasing. Spanish is an official language in many international organizations (i.e. United Nations, GATT, etc.) and is widely used in the world of art and tourism.

Spoken by 500 million people
3 language of the world (number of people)
3 language of the world (number of countries where it is official language). Spanish is the mother tongue of approximately 350 million people in 21 countries
More than 40 million students of Spanish in the world
Spanish is the second most used language in international communication.
The Hispanic population in the United States has grown by 60 per cent in just one decade. At present there are 40 million Hispanics, representing 12,5 per cent of the total population.

MODULE 1. Introduction to the Spanish grammar. For this course the students will need to have a basic knowledge of the Spanish language (which includes basic vocabulary and grammar). The aim of this level is to be able to read and translate different kinds of Spanish texts and to complete the introduction to the Spanish grammar. At the end of the course, students will be able to translate texts with the help of the dictionary.

Spanish Grammar: Is, very easy to learn, at least for speakers of other romance languages. The language is a simple, logical system and occasions to practice it are quite widespread, so you should not have hard time learning.

Phonemes. Most of them are simple, with the exception of the "jota" and "rolled r". These are easy to master for most people, but it takes some times to be able to speak rapidly and precisely.
Syntax. Very simple, especially if you already speak another romance language. American readers must accept that verbs can change with tenses and persons, but once you get that the system is relatively regular.
Vocabulary. Not especially simple if you don't already know another romance language. Nevertheless, vocabulary is pretty analytical if you look close enough and can be mastered quite fastly.
Orthography. Very simple, totally logical: you write as you speak, you speak as you write, even for the accents.

MODULE 2. Reading and comprehension of Spanish literature texts and articles.

Cases of conversations I: international business: 100 bilingual conversations in Spanish and English.
Cases of conversations II (with audios): international marketing. 170 bilingual conversations in Spanish and English. Example audio

Spanish for international business