Negocios sin fronteras: Intermediate Spanish for Business

ISBN: 0130206857

Author: Manny, Karoline

Condition: New

For intermediate business Spanish classes.Using a proficiency-based approach, this intermediate-level text teaches the vocabulary and grammar necessary to conduct basic business activities in Spanish speaking countries. Each chapter contains three pasos, each consisting of six sectionsEmpecemos, Charlemos un poco, Entrevista, Situaciones, Repaso de gramtica, and Escribamos. In each chapter, related vocabulary is introduced in a contextualized, meaningful way.

• A wide variety of business themes-Includes business travel, employment interviews, information technology, management, imports/exports, economics, advertising, marketing, finance, taxes, insurance, environmental/ethical issues, and business/corporate law. Gives students practice in using Spanish in the full range of business situations they are likely to encounter on the job. | Gives students practice in using Spanish in the full range of business situations they are likely to encounter on the job. | Consistent chapter structure. Allows instructors to easily create a syllabus and allows students to predict how each lesson will proceed-without becoming bored with the exercises. | Allows instructors to easily create a syllabus and allows students to predict how each lesson will proceed-without becoming bored with the exercises. | Wide variety of communicative exercises. Provides contextualized practice of vocabulary and structures. | Provides contextualized practice of vocabulary and structures. | Anticipemos. Provides instructors with easy conversation starters, and helps students build confidence by tackling challenging, but not too difficult, real-world situations. | Provides instructors with easy conversation starters, and helps students build confidence by tackling challenging, but not too difficult, real-world situations. | Empecemos. Allows students to see how the vocabulary might be used in real conversations, and provides them with information on business topics that they may not have otherwise known. | Allows students to see how the vocabulary might be used in real conversations, and provides them with information on business topics that they may not have otherwise known. | Charlemos un poco. Helps students develop a deeper understanding of the vocabulary, build conversational skills on business-related topics at the sentence and discourse level, develop the ability to circumlocute, and to form questions. | Helps students develop a deeper understanding of the vocabulary, build conversational skills on business-related topics at the sentence and discourse level, develop the ability to circumlocute, and to form questions. | Entrevista. Develops students' ability to speak more fluently using both the first-person and third-person forms. | Develops students' ability to speak more fluently using both the first-person and third-person forms. | Situaciones. Provides instructors with more complex exercises involving the vocabulary, and gives students the opportunity to perform “real world” tasks and to do group work with other students. | Provides instructors with more complex exercises involving the vocabulary, and gives students the opportunity to perform “real world” tasks and to do group work with other students. | Repaso de gramática. Allows instructors to spend less class time on grammar explanations and more time on practicing language in context. | Allows instructors to spend less class time on grammar explanations and more time on practicing language in context. | Escribamos. Regular writing assignments help students improve both vocabulary acquisition and linguistic accuracy. | Regular writing assignments help students improve both vocabulary acquisition and linguistic accuracy. | Una vez más. Exposes students to printed material they will encounter and use in the real world. | Exposes students to printed material they will encounter and use in the real world. | Carta de negocios. Introduces students to the specialized, highly stylized vocabulary used in business letters, and provides actual models for students to use when writing their own, similar letters. | Introduces students to the specialized, highly stylized vocabulary used in business letters, and provides actual models for students to use when writing their own, similar letters. | Panorama Cultural. Gives instructors good reading activities and conversation starting points; provides students not only with basic information related to business culture for Spain and Latin America, but also with absolutely current information that was published for local audiences. Helps students develop cultural sensitivity. | Gives instructors good reading activities and conversation starting points; provides students not only with basic information related to business culture for Spain and Latin America, but also with absolutely current information that was published for local audiences. Helps students develop cultural sensitivity.