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This
is an intensive program that provides U.S. business professionals with
practical Spanish language instruction and cross-cultural training that
addresses barriers between U.S. businesspersons and their Latin American
counterparts. No prior knowledge of Spanish necessary.
Curriculum includes:
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Learning
survival Spanish - Utilizing phonetic encoding, participants learn
functional Spanish skills to survive in a Latin American setting.
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Cross-cultural
training - Identify and overcome the fifty most common cultural
barriers encountered by U.S. business personnel when dealing with
Latin Americans. |
This
program is intended for:
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International
executives |
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Sales
representatives |
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Import/export
representatives |
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Marketing
personnel |
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Office
personnel |
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Financial/accounting
staff |
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Corporate
lawyers |
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Upon
completion, participants will be able to use Spanish to:
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Receive
and welcome people |
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Compliment
people, things, food, and drink |
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Make
simple purchases |
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Order
food and drink |
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Request
a room and services at a hotel |
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Pronounce
people’s names correctly. |
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Identify
and cope with the fifty most common cross-cultural barriers associated
with doing business with Latin Americans. |
Methods
of Instruction include lecture, activities, modeling, intensive drill,
choral response, alpha-beta line, learning pairs and triads, Total
Physical Response, role-playing, simulations, and situation cards.
Also, participant’s manual contains numerous “fill-in” cultural
blocks that are for use in conjunction with instructor’s presentation. |
