Editorial Reviews
Product Description
With 300 million Spanish speakers in the world, knowing Spanish is the key
to some of the biggest global markets. If you've never studied Spanish, or
if you need to brush up your skills, here is the ideal course. It allows you
to work at your own pace to suit your needs--and contains 16 units of
dialogues, culture notes, grammar, and exercises; cultural practice
exercises; pronunciation guide; verb and vocabulary tables; dictionary; and
more.
Language Notes
Text: English, Spanish
Product Details
- Paperback: 321 pages
- Publisher: Teach Yourself (August 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0844238333
- ISBN-13: 978-0844238333
- Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
- Average Customer Review:
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customer reviews)
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Rating:
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This book is a very concise well organized resource for advanced, fluent and
native speakers who wish to improve their business Spanish speaking skills. The
book provides ample business vocabulary, phrases and brief grammatical
explanations as a reminder of how certain rules function in Spanish (one would
already have to have a solid understanding of the grammar).All chapters have
practice exercises for immediate application and an answer key is provided at
the back of the book. The book is comprised of business scenarios and what I
found particularly helpful was that they are realistic and the phrases applied
are currently used by all Spanish speaking countries thus eliminating language
barriers within the Spanish language. This book will definitely enable you to
improve your business Spanish vocabulary and enable you to speak confidently in
a professional environment. It's also key to note that it provides basic
vocabulary and phrases in the business scenarios however, if you are looking for
more extensive vocabulary another reference should be consulted. I recommend
this reference for those who need to speak with the correct terminology from
time to time in an appropriate business situation in Spanish.
Rating:
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I used these books for my second year of spanish in a Masters degree in
international marketing. The first year we did basic spanish and in this year we
wanted the language we would need for business purposes. The texts are relevant
and contextual, they cover both castillian and south american spanish issues.
The tapes cover spanish from both sides of the atlantic which is useful.
Furthermore the texts expose you to socio-political issues in the hispanic
nations which gives a good basis to conversational spanish when current affairs
topics crop up. Knowing the name of the spanish parliament or the title of
government ministers etc is very good exposure. Thumbs up from me (I got a good
mark in this course so I can't complain).
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