FL 1 – Negotiations in Spanish Language for Advanced Level

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Included in study programs

Teaching results

Knowledge: The course emphasizes the development of professional vocabulary in the Spanish language. Upon successful course completion, the student will be able to use specific formal phrases, terms, words and abbreviations used in contemporary business communication. The student will gain knowledge of basic strategies and tactics of business negotiations with an emphasis on success and efficiency as well as knowledge of the various points of the negotiation process.
Skills: The student will acquire an individual negotiation style, at an appropriate linguistic level, by practising real negotiation situations. In terms of business correspondence, the student will be able to develop different styles of writing letters, reports, memoranda, and other specific business-related content. Emphasis will be placed on developing a variety of styles, i.e. documents and content for all occasions, and the ability to be able to compare these with standard drafts or templates available from authentic sources as a means of building trust between business partners.
Competences: The student will learn about cultural and cross-border differences that have a significant impact on business negotiations. The student will also understand different strategic decisions and interpersonal skills.

Indicative content

1. Phases of business negotiation process
2. Preparation for business negotiation (psychological and technical: SWOT analysis, initial proposals)
3. Strategies and tactics of business negotiation
4. Questioning techniques
5. Negotiation
6. Power of persuasion
7. Conflict resolution and management
8. Concluding a contract
9. Negotiating the key terms of a sales contract (delivery of goods, price, method of payment) in international trade
10. Business negotiation of terms and conditions of other types of business relationships (franchise agreement, licensing agreement, agency agreement)
11. Fundamentals of business correspondence
12. Legal Spanish

Support literature

1. FELICES, Á., IRIARTE, E., NÚÑEZ, E. & CALDERÓN, M.-Á. (2010). Cultura y negocios. El español de la economía española y latinoamericana. Madrid: Edinumen.
2. LENGHARDTOVÁ, J. et al. (2001). En el mundo de los negocios. Bratislava: Sprint vfra.
3. PAREJA, M.J. (2017). Temas de empresa. Manual para la preparación del Certificado Superior del Español de los Negocios de la Cámara de Comercio de Madrid. Madrid: Edinumen.
4. IRIARTE, E. & NÚÑEZ, E. (2009). Empresa. Siglo XXI. Madrid: Edinumen

Requirements to complete the course

Interim evaluation (presentation of projects, seminar papers): 40 %
Final evaluation: 60 %

Student workload

78 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance and participation at seminars
20 hours – project (seminar paper) preparation
32 hours – preparation for the final exam

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Spanish

Date of approval: 14.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 12.01.2022