Unit name | Spanish for Business |
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Unit code | HISP30057 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Ms. Marga Menendez-Lopez |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
HISP20101 or UWLP20006 and satisfactory completion of the year abroad or other study or work placement in the country of the target language or evidence of high level of proficiency in the language. |
Co-requisites |
NONE |
School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will be taught by Juan Lopez Ramal.
This unit is designed for final year students who are returning from the year abroad and/or for students who have an advanced level of language.
The unit aims to reinforce and further enhance advanced language skills, focusing on, and developing students’ ability to communicate confidently and at a high level in, the varied business environments of the Spanish-speaking world.
Topics covered in this unit include:
The unit includes regular formative peer review activity.
On completion of the unit, successful students will be able to demonstrate:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous sessions and asynchronous activities, including seminars, lectures, and collaborative as well as self-directed learning opportunities supported by tutor consultation
1 x group presentation (summative, 50%), testing ILOs 2-6.
1 x 2500 word written assignment (summative, 50%), testing ILOs 1, 3, 4 and 6.
Crane, R. & Rizowy, C., Latin American Business Cultures, Pearson, 2005
Felices, A. et al, Cultura y Negocios, Edinumen, 2010
Iriarte, E. and Núñez, E. Empresa Siglo XXI. Edinumen, 2009