Specialty Courses

Latin American Spanish

Business

Chapter 1 - Business Social

Conversations Goals

Demonstrate Excitement and/or Empathy
Make Social Business Plans
Talk Socially About Business Topics

Grammar Goals

Practice Attached Pronouns and Their Movement
Practice Conjugation and Pronoun Movement of Reflexive Verbs
Reinforce Indirect Object Pronouns
Reinforce the Preterite Tense of Reflexive Verbs
Use Reflexive Verbs in the Subjunctive Mood

Chapter 2 - Greetings / Introductions

Conversations Goals

Discuss Business Goals and Plans
Learn New Business Terminology
Learn Some New Business Idioms

Grammar Goals

Form the Imperative of Irregular Reflexive Verbs
Practice the Spanish Form of English Gerunds
Practice Transitive Verbs With Names
Reinforce the Preterite Verb Tense
Reinforce the Subjunctive Mood

Chapter 3 - Meetings / Conference Calls

Conversations Goals

Learn New Business Idioms
Review Departmental Updates
Use Conference Call & Technical Terminology

Grammar Goals

Learn Some Rules of Orthography
Practice Attached Pronoun Movement
Reinforce the Difference Between the Preterite and Imperfect Past
Reinforce the Spanish Form of English Gerunds
Use the Present Progressive of Reflexive Verbs

Chapter 4 - Presentations

Conversations Goals

Discuss / Mention Timing
Give Instructions about Questions
Introduce and Outline Your Presentation
Properly Conclude a Presentation
Welcome Your Audience

Grammar Goals

Practice the Subjunctive Mood
Reinforce the Future Tense
Reinforce the Plural Imperative Form
Use the Direct Object Pronoun
Use the Plural Indirect Object Pronoun

Chapter 5 - Negotiations

Conversations Goals

Learn Some New Negotiations Idioms
Negotiate Contract Details
Object and/or Accept an Offer

Grammar Goals

Learn the Future Tense for 3rd Person Plural
Reinforce the Conditional Tense
Use the Preterite Tense for 1st Person -ir and -er Verbs