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Our Business Spanish program is focused to business people,
executives, guides, travel agents, managers, secretaries, social
workers, officers, etc. This program
includes an Internship in a local company. Immerse yourself in the
cultural and business heart of Latin America, and benefit from this
uniquely rewarding personal and professional experience. You'll have
the opportunity to enhance career prospects and learn new language
skills.
Spanish for Business is geared towards students who have reached
Intermediate level of Spanish command. Topics are selected according
to the students' interests and needs. Aim is utilizing previously
adquired knowlege in a specific field, business and finance in
countries of MERCOSUR, Argentina in particular. You will improve
your Spanish skills and perform a variety of tasks
in your work field. Foment your communication ability in Spanish.
The study of the economy of the region is not focused thoroughly and
in depth as if you took an Economy course. The contents focused in
this course are the ones related to speaking, listening, reading and
writting in the new context in where a foreigner working or wishing
to work in Argentina lives.
Recommended modality: One-to-one
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Requirements: at least Intermediate level of Spanish.
Duration: 20 private classes.
EXPERIENCE KNOWLEDGE
- Countries of MERCOSUR. Economic Activities.
- Economic integration in Iberamerica. Present Agreements and
historical attempts. Discussion over ALCA.
- Argentina. The Agriculture. Regional economic activities: examples
of local production Multinational corporations and culture.
Franchising. Marketing.
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Daily life in Buenos Aires: banking tramits ans paperwork, seaking for
a home and a job.
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COMPREHESION CONTENTS
LISTENING
- Adequate listening modality to purpose and text.
- Listening to the whole before initiating the resolution of
comprehension activity.
- Listen to understand globally.
- Listen to gather specific information.
- Resolve difficulties that arise during listening.
- Consider that undertanding a text goes beyond the words that
constitute it.
- Resolve doubts by establishing relations with known words.
- Supporting yourself in non-verbal indicators when type of
interaction allows it.
READING
- Adecuate listening modality to purpose and text.
- Read complete text before initiating resolution of any comprehension
activity.
- Read to comprehend globally.
- Read to gather specific information.
- Read to make a revision of the written part , to reformulate , to
self- correct and to rewrite.
- Resolve difficulties that may appear during reading.
- Consider comprehension of a text goes beyond knowledge of its words.
- Recognize clues that each text may offer for comprehension.
- Resolve doubts by estableshing relations with known words or
consulting the diccionary.
CONTENTS OF PRODUCTION
SPEAKING
- Produce different type of oral texts.
- Participating in extended oral situations: telling /exposure of work
experiencies , expose on a subject of study, discuss /argue over
polemical subjects.
- Participating in brief oral exchanges: requesting information , ask
and answer questions..
- Taking into account the enunciative context ,the enunciative
position of the speaker / counterpart, type of goals, Space - temporal
axes.
- Consider basic patterns of intonation and pronunciation in Spanish.
- Using strategies to resolve difficulties during oral production.
- Participate in extended oral exchanges: telling work experiences ,
expose over a subject of study , discuss over polemic subjects.
Taking into account contect of enunciation: enunciative position,
enunciotive position of the counterpart, types of goals,
tempoaral-space exis
WRITTING
- Producing differentes types of written texts.
- Writing a CV, e-mail or letters to requiere, request, complain or
respond complaints or requests.
- Enumerate points to be developed taking into account type of text to
be written and context of enunciation.
- Writing the text consulkting doubts with the teacher and going to
other written sources.
- Revising and correcting.
- Reread and correct drafts with the aid of the teacher.
- Discuss errors and accurate work with the teacher.
- Making a final of the text.
- Self-correcting.
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PROGRAM FEES - Business Spanish Immersion Program:
US$ 650 for 20 one-to-one classes, includes Internship in a company
and all materials
and books. It can be combined with General Spanish Programs at
published prices, what is advisable.
Registration fee: US$60. It includes:
- All materials and books for your program.
- Airport pick-up.
- Placement test.
- Weekly evaluations.
- Certificate and diploma.
- Weekly private meeting with our Pedagogical Advisor.
- Broad band-high speed Internet.
- Discount card in many associated business/shops.
- 1 Tango / Salsa class.
- 1 tourist activity in Buenos Aires.
- 1 tourist guide workshop in Buenos Aires.
- No-limit free cafeteria during classes.
- Orientation package. |
