Professional Business Spanish Language and Communication I.

Teachers

Included in study programs

Teaching results

Learning outcomes:
Knowledge:
- acquisition of theoretical knowledge of the characteristics and basic features of the Spanish professional language.
- the student can characterise and identify the basic features of professional language in a text and knows the principles of the production of professional economic texts in theoretical and practical terms.
Competences:
- know the basic principles of the functioning of professional language,
- the student can use receptive and productive language skills at the required level,
- understands longer speeches and conversations; understands longer professional texts with a complex structure; can express himself/herself adequately on general and professional topics and formulate ideas and attitudes clearly,
- in writing, can produce clear, well-organized, and detailed text on complex professional economic topics, demonstrating mastery of compositional techniques, connective expressions, and means of cohesion,
- use flexibly and effectively the acquired linguistic knowledge, which is essential for the student's successful application in practice, for professional purposes.
Skills:
- apply the acquired skills in working with professional texts, e.g. seminar papers, final thesis, case studies,
- apply appropriate linguistic strategies related to the production of professional texts (use of appropriate lexical, stylistic, morphosyntactic devices) in the target language,
- acquiring the ability to consciously distinguish appropriate from inappropriate linguistic devices in professional economic communication (colloquial expressions, syntactically incomplete sentences, imprecise, ambivalent expressions, etc.).

Indicative content

- Enterprise, company (establishment, structure, types of companies - sole proprietorship, s.r.o., a.s., functioning)
- Human resources
- Marketing, advertising
- Business, market, buying, selling
- Export, import
- Internationalisation

Support literature

Required:
1. AGUIRRE BELTRÁN, B. Perspectivas de la enseñanza y aprendizaje del español de los negocios. En VAN HOOFT, A. 2004. Foro Hispánico Textos y discursos de especialidad. El español de los negocios. 24a edición. Países Bajos : Editions Rodopi B.V., 2004. 130 pp. ISBN: 90-420-1982-4.
2. De PRADA, M., BOVET, M., MARCÉ, P. Entorno empresarial. Nivel B2. Madrid : Edelsa, 2014. ISBN 978-84-7711-297-6
3. LARRAŇAGA DOMÍNGUEZ, A., ARROYO HERNÁNDEZ, M. El léxico de negocios. Madrid : SGEL, 2011. ISBN 978-84-9778-159-7
4. PAREJA, J. M. Temas de empresa. Madrid : Edinumen, 2007. ISBN 978-84-95986-76-4
5. VILLALBA IBÁŇEZ, C. Marquetin y publicidad en el aula. In. Foro de profesores ele 15, Universidad Valencia : Valencia, 2019. ISSN 1886-337X
Optional:
1. AGUIRRE BELTRAN, B., SANCHEZ LOBATO, J., SANTOS GARGALLO, I. La enseñanza-aprendizaje del español para fines específicos. Málaga : Universidad de Málaga, 2012. ISBN 978-84-95073-70-9
2. AGUIRRE BELTRÁN, B. Lenguaje jurídico. Madrid : SGEL, 2007. ISBN 978-84-7143-601-6
3. DE PRADA, M. MARCÉ, P. Comunicación eficaz en negocios. Madrid : Edelsa, 2010. ISBN 978-84-7711-700-1
4. DE PRADA, M. MARCÉ, P. Entorno turístico. Madrid : Edelsa, 2016. ISBN 978-84-9081-602-8

Requirements to complete the course

Interim evaluation: 30%
Final evaluation: 70%

Student workload

Full-time study: 156 hours. Of which:
52 hours – attendance at seminars
32 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
72 hours – preparation for the final exam

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 19.05.2022