World Languages

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 sections—Empecemos, Charlemos un poco, Entrevista, Situaciones, Repaso de gramática, 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.

• 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.

• Wide variety of communicative exercises.

  • 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Entrevista.

  • 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.

• Repaso de gramática.

  • 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.

• Una vez más.

  • 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.

• 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.

1. Introductions.


2. The Business Trip.


3. The Employment Interview.


4. Technology in Business.


5. Business Administration and the Evaluation of Employees.


6. Imports and Exports.


7. Economics.


8. Marketing and Publicity.


9. Finance I.


10. Finance II.


11. Legal Issues in Business.


12. Ethical Considerations.

Business Spanish (Spanish)

Negocios sin fronteras is an intermediate text designed to teach the vocabulary and grammar necessary to successfully conduct basic business in Spanish-speaking countries. Through a variety of exercises, Negocios sin fronteras promotes the development of all four language skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Cultural sensitivity, now considered the "fifth" language skill, is also a major focus in this dynamic text.

Negocios sin fronteras aims to take students beyond the mechanics of the Spanish language and towards a meaningful understanding of business and culture in Spanish-speaking countries. This exciting text achieves its goal by employing a number of essential and contemporary elements. These include:

• clearly organized chapters with ample vocabulary and clear grammar reviews;
• coverage of a vast array of business themes such as travel, information technology, advertising, business law and environmental/ethical issues;
• emphasis on both communicative and technology-driven exercises; and
• diverse exercises that allow students to creatively and actively adopt each chapter's vocabulary, grammar, and cultural themes.

Negocios sin fronteras offers students and teachers alike a new experience in Spanish for the world of business. Up to date and engaging, it creates an ideal learning environment for any student planning to do business in Spanish-speaking nations.

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  Abella, Manny & Fraser-Molina
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