This is a course especially designed for students with an intermediate or advanced level of Spanish. Basically students will be familiarized with the Latin American business world. Technical terms in the areas of finance, marketing, production, and administration will be taught in this course.
Objectives:
Help the students to perform with fluency both in written and oral way
Build up enough vocabulary for different tasks. Discuss business issues. Use appropriate language to communicate with co-workers, suppliers, and clients
Educational Resources:
Reference books, supportive material brought by the instructor such as brochures, newspapers, magazines and audio-visual equipment.
Methodology:
The methodology of this course is highly communicative as well as practical. Students will hold discussions and analysis of a variety of business issues in class in both written and oral way. There will be simulations of real-world tasks in which the students can learn how to perform very effectively. Other activities such as role plays and problem solving ones will also play an important role in the class.
Contents:
Principal Theories of Administration
The new global economic order
Business vocabulary
Writing and spelling
The company
Instructions and orders
Human resources
Marketing and publicity
Formal conversation for interview
Negotiations
Purchasing and selling
Formal conversation for meetings
The bank
Import and export
Taxes
Telephone conversations
Reservations ( Hotels, restaurants, airlines, etc)
Receptions for visitors
Itinerary planning
Reading articles
Elaboration of documents
Formal and commercial letters
Curriculum vitae
Announcements
Employee requests
Financial reports
Fax
Records of meetings and agenda
Bills and receipts
Checks
Promissory notes
The stock exchange
Consults
Formal language practice
Evaluation:
Class participation 20%
Assignments 10%
Written midterm 15%
Oral midterm 15%
Final written exam 20%
Final oral exam 20%
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