Spanish for business and finance: basic spanish series

BASIC SPANISH FOR BUSINESS AND FINANCE offers diversified business topics andvocabulary, technology-related terms, cultural notes, and activities on business culture and practices - correlated to the cultural notes - to check and reinforce students' business cross-cultural competency. INDICE: Lección preliminary. Conversaciones breves (Brief conversations). Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Gender and number. 2. The definite and indefinite articles. 3. Subject pronouns. 4. The present indicative of ser.5. Cardinal numbers 0-39. Business Communication: Greetings, farewells, and introductions in personal and telephone interaction with other people. Lección 1. El viaje de negocios. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The presentindicative of regular -ar verbs. 2. Interrogative and negative sentences. 3.Forms and position of adjectives. 4. Telling time. 5. Cardinal numbers 300-1,000. 6. Uses of hay Business Communication: Travelling by plane- making plane reservations - arriving in a foreign country. Lección 2. En dos aeropuertos mexicanos. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar:1. Agreement of adjectives, nouns, and adjectives. 2. The present indicative of regular -er and -ir verbs 3. Possession with de. 4. Possessive adjectives. 5. The personal a. Business Communication: Dealing with immigration officers and custom inspectors Exchanging dollars for foreign currencies. Lección 3. En el hotel. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The irregular verbs ir, dar, and estar. 2. Ir a+ infinitive. 3. Uses of the verbs ser and estar. 4. Contractions Business Communication: Making hotel reservations. Giving personal and credit card information. Complaining about hotel accommodations. Lección 4. Las comidas. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The irregular verbs tener and venir. 2. Expressions with tener. 3. Comparative forms. 4. Irregular comparative forms Business Communication: Dining at a restaurant. Finding information about typical local food. Asking about the ingredients and preparation of food. Lección 5. Comprando para importer. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:ie). 2. Some uses of the definite article. 3. The present progressive. Business Communication:Importing goods; making an appointment to buy goods abroad; Conducting a subsequent interview. Inquiring about the quality and prices of goods and about payment terms. Repaso (Lecciones 1-5). Lección 6. Vendiendo para exporter. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar:1. Stem-changing verbs (o:ue). 2. Affirmative and negative expressions. 3. Pronouns as object of a preposition. 4. Direct object pronouns. Business Communication: Visiting with a prospective client in a Latin American country. Negotiating to sell merchandise to be exported from the United States. Lección 7. Medios de comunicación. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Stem-changing verbs (e:i). 2. Irregular first-person forms. 3. Saber contrasted with conocer. 4. Indirect object pronouns. Business Communication: Inquiring about the availability of communication facilities in a foreign country. How to procure and use communication facilities. Lección 8. El transporte de pasajeros. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Pedir contrasted with preguntar. 2. Special construction with gustar, doler, and hacer falta. 3. Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns. 4. Direct and indirect object pronouns used together. Business Communication: Using differentmeans of passenger transportation; Taking a bus or a taxi; Renting a car; Requirements for renting and driving a car in a foreign country. Lección 9. El transporte de mercancías. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Possessive pronouns. 2. Reflexive constructions. 3. Command forms: Ud. and Uds. 4. Uses ofobject pronouns with command forms. Business Communication: Transporting merchandise by air, train, or truck; Old problems and new solutions regarding the transportation of merchandise between two countries. Lección 10. Contratando personal. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The preterit of regular verbs. 2. The preterit of ser, ir and dar. 3. Uses of por and para. Business Communication: Conducting an interview when hiring personnel. Repaso (Lecciones 6-10). Lección 11. La contabilidad de la empresa (I). Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Time expressions with hacer. 2. Irregular preterits. 3. The preterit of stem-changing verbs (e:i and o:u). 4. Command forms: tú. Business Communication: Dealing with accounting and accountants. Lección 12. La contabilidad de la empresa (II). Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. En and a as equivalents of at. 2. The imperfect tense. 3. The past progressive. 4. The preterit contrasted with the imperfect. Business Communication: Dealing with accounting and accountants. Lección 13. El impuesto sobre la renta. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. Changes in meaning with the imperfect and preteritof conocer, saber, and querer. 2. Hace meaning ago 3. Uses of se. 4. ¿Qué? and ¿Cuál? used with ser. Business Communication: Preparing an income tax returnfor a Spanish speaker with limited or no knowledge of English. Lección 14. Enla agencia de publicidad. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The past participle. 2. The present perfect tense. 3. The past perfect (pluperfect) tense Business Communication: Determining a client's advertising needs; Working in sales at a department store. Lección 15. Abriendo cuentas. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The future tense. 2. The conditional tense. 3. Some uses of the prepositions a, de, and en. Business Communication: Helping customers at the bank. Repaso (Lecciones 11-15). Lección 16. Solicitando préstamos. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The present subjunctive 2. The subjunctive with verbs of volition. 3. The absolute superlative. Business Communication: Informing bank customers about different types of loans. Lección 17. Comprando una casa. Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar: 1. The subjunctive to express emotion. 2. The subjunctive with some impersonal expressions. 3. Formation of

• ISBN: 978-0-495-90265-2
• Editorial: Heinle & Heinle
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 368
• Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés