Foreign Language Skills I: Spanish for beginners without previous knowledge I

Contents

• Professional life in Spain and Latin America
• Sales and trade, acquisition and sales
• Communication within companies
• Applications
• Cultural studies: sociopolitical and cultural topics (history, political system, educational and health system…)

Learning outcomes
Students will have a good command of

• listening comprehension: elementary comprehension with standard language and language of the business world, if it is about persons, family, living, life, business relationships and education,
• reading comprehension: texts in commercial and private letters, description of events and understanding of personal information,
• coherent speaking: personal introduction, origin, education, experiences and events. Arranging appointments and meetings, introducing yourself and others, describing in simple coherent sentences; shortly explaining information about professional life and describing it,
• writing: writing short texts and notes about the professional world; summarizing a CV, writing a letter and asking for important information.

Necessary prerequisites
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Recommended prerequisites
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