Spanish Business Communication 2 - Study guide

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The Learning Outcomes of this course can be achieved in the following ways:
a. Teaching and related activities or
b. Exam and assignments

The material will be given by the teacher.

Pasila Campus

The exams are announced in Moodle.

English

The students’ group is international.

16.01.2023 - 19.05.2023

The course covers common business situations: presenting oneself in a company, accepting visitors, job interviews, making a CV, product presentations, company presentations, as well as fairly easy business texts. Students give an oral presentation on a company or product. The course introduces students to Spanish business culture: • cultural differences, corporate forms, organisation, commerce, finance, marketing, tourism, workplace culture • products and services, Trade fair and sustainable development • marketing, tourism, fairs and apply for work • the trade relations between Finland and Spain Distinctive features of written Spanish: • spelling and use of punctuation • business correspondence: offers, offer requests, orders, claims, invoicing and warehouse management • PR letters: invitations, congratulations, thank you letters, condolences and sales letters • Internal communications: invitations to meetings, minutes of meetings.

02.01.2023 - 13.01.2023

The schedule is announced in Moodle.

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Pedro Beltrán Herrera

15 - 40

Two written exams.
Distance assignments and oral presentation.

MUBBA Degree Programme for Multilingual Management Assistants, SEBBA Degree Programme in Business Service Solutions and Languages

H-5