Spanish for Business

Description

This course is specially designed for those students with an interest in business sectors such as banking, insurance, import / export, tourism, etc., of Spanish and Latin American markets.

Spanish is one of the most important languages of the business world today. There are almost 400 hundred million Spanish speakers in the world, and the Spanish-speaking countries have undergone an important economic growth in the last few years, with an ever more relevant presence in the international markets. In the next 15 years, around 300 million people will speak Spanish. Today, it is a main language spoken in the UN, UNESCO, MERCOSUR and the EU.

This course will allow you to widen your knowledge of the commercial Spanish used in meetings, labour contracts and other business situations. It is aimed at business people, executives, students of economics, tourism, etc., particularly interested in administration, sales, diplomacy, finance matters or tourism, among other subjects.

Besides, you will learn how to answer the telephone and make calls, send e-mail, write all types of business correspondence, and many other business practices. Furthermore, you will learn about the culture of Spain and other Latin-American countries.

Timetable:

1st. Period: Spanish language. Commercial correspondence, internal communication, usage formulae, curricula etc.

2nd. Period: practical topics of the entrepreneurial sector specific to the course (commerce,  the enterprise, marketing and publicity, labour market, administration, management, finance, insurance, tourism, import and export, taxation, the European Union, etc.). Analysis and discussion of contemporary articles from specialized economic publications, Spain’s role in the E.U., Macro and Microeconomics.

This course is aimed at students with the necessary communicative competence to successfully manage themselves in everyday situations and who wish to widen their knowledge of the Spanish of business for academic or professional reasons. With this course, students who want to join the labour market learn the basis of the Spanish of business.

Teaching materials are designed in order to reach the objectives of the course. They are authentic extracts from the media (newspapers, magazines, radio, television, internet, etc.). Also, a whole range of activities related to business correspondence are carried out.

The course lasts from 1 to 4 weeks, with 15 hours a week general tuition and 10 hours of business Spanish. At the end of the course students are ready to do the official exam of business Spanish and obtain the Certificate of Basic Spanish for Business offered by the Official Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Madrid.

Levels and timetable

Levels:             5 to 10

Starts:              every two Mondays

Hours a day:     3

Hours a week:  15 hours

Students who plan to prepare for the exam of the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid, will receive specific training. Attending our Spanish for Business course is an essential part of their training.

The Official Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Madrid offers a Certificate of Spanish for Business at two levels: basic and advanced.

Exam fees are not included in the course price. For further details see http://www.camaramadrid.es.

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