Business Spanish: A Complete Course for Beginners

by Juan Kattán-Ibarra

Book Overview

With 300 million speakers, the Spanish language is the key to some of the biggest markets in the world, and to compete in them you'll need to know more than just 'hola!' This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844238333
• ISBN13: 9780844238333
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Another great reference from the "Teach Yourself" series"

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.

Excellent for contextual learning.

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).