SPANISH FOR ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS (EXAM)

To provide the students with the necessary instruments for the achievement of thorough knowledge of the Spanish language and good capacity of understandingof the conomic and touristic linguistic uses.

Good knowledge of trade and tourism lexicon
Good knowledge of usual grammatical structures
Good knowledge of the linguistic diversity of Spanish

To follow this course, it is convenient to have attended the excercises organised in September, before the beginning of the official course.

Comprehension and knowledge of the Spanish language by learning in depth the economic and touristic vocabulary. Analysis and acquisition of the grammatical structures as well as of translation tecniques and specific lexicon.

M.de Prada,P.Marcé,Entorno laboral, nivel A1/B1, Edelsa, Madrid 2013 (191 pages).

To verify the sudents' knowledge, both an oral and a written exam will be held. The written exam consists of different sentences and a commercial letter with gaps in order to apply the grammatical skills and the specific vocabulary that have been previously acquired. The written exam lasts 60 minutes and the use of books, dictionaries or any support whatsoever is not allowed. It is necessary to pass the written exam to take the oral one. The oral exam consists of a PowerPoint presentation of an Italian city or an Italian company, by following the guidelines that will be at disposal during the development of the course. The presentation can be done individually or in groups and should not exceed 10 minutes nor last shorter than 7 minutes. The students must show that they can present the city or the company from a formal perspective.
The whole subject is only passed when both exams are passed.

Lessons will be developed through lectures given by the professor as well as audio-visual materials and team activities.

written and oral

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Climate change and energy" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development