Spanish Business Communication 2Laajuus (5 cr)

Learning objectives

The course covers common business situations: presenting oneself in a company, job interviews, product presentations, company presentations, as well as business texts. Students give an oral presentation on a company and a product.

Contents

The course introduces students to Spanish business culture:
•cultural differences, corporate forms, organisation, commerce, finance, marketing, workplace culture
•products and services, Trade fair and sustainable development
•marketing and fairs

Distinctive features of written Spanish:
•business correspondence: offers, offer requests, orders, claims
•PR letters: invitations, congratulations, thank you letters, condolences

Lähtötaso ja sidonnaisuudet muihin opintojaksoihin

Competence level: B1
Spanish Business Communication 1 or equivalent studies.

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

The options that are appropriate for the course:
Contact lessons
Individual, pair and team assignments
Independent studies

The assessment of one’s own learning 1 h

Alternative ways to complete the course: one alternative available to students is that they complete all of the coursework and take the final exam, without attending the actual contact hours.

Assessment criteria - grade 1

The student: has some difficulty in learning, but he or she is moving towards improving her/his knowledge of business Spanish. He/she uses very short sentences and very basic language constructions. He/she has limited vocabulary, but is understandable to native speakers. He/she understands what is spoken in his/her environment and also participates to some degree in it.

Assessment criteria - grade 3

The student speaks Spanish with a certain correction and he/she also tries to overcome any language barriers by making use of body language and other forms of communication. He/she tries to improve her/his skills in the use of business Spanish and uses simpler language to explain more abstract concepts. He/she slowly learns business Spanish
vocabulary and also makes a great effort to create coherent and comprehensible language when talking to native speakers. He/she expresses himself or herself in Spanish-speaking environments.

Assessment criteria - grade 5

The student develops oral language with great skill and high level of interactive communication. He/she learns and practices different genres of discourse and, at the same time, he/she is able to reproduce fairly fluent and understandable spoken language. He/she acquires an extensive vocabulary in business communication in professional settings. He/she acts naturally in any environment where he/she needs to use Spanish on a high cultural level.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Passed courses are assessed on a scale of 1 to 5. The assessment criteria are presented for grades 1 – 3 – 5.

Learning materials

Materials given by the teacher.