Basic Spanish for Business and Finance - Softcover

Jarvis, Ana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618505741 ISBN 13: 9780618505746

Publisher: Heinle, 2006

Synopsis

This worktext offers diversified business topics and vocabulary, technology-related vocabulary, cultural notes, and activities on business culture and practices--correlated to the cultural notes--to check and reinforce students' business cross-cultural competency."Applied presentation" features realistic dialogues, personalized questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities that correspond grammatically with those in "Basic Spanish.""Practical, specialized vocabulary" includes terms essential for communicating in business and financial settings, an in-text audio CD for the worktext, and "Un paso mas" sections that offer additional vocabulary practice and realia-based activities."Cultural focus" highlights Hispanic customs and traditions relevant to the subject matter of the lesson, in "Notas culturales" sections."Comprehension checks" begin with comprehension questions on the dialogues in the "Digame" section that follows the vocabulary lists in the worktext, and end with pair activities in the "Hablemos" section for immediate reinforcement."Convenient Phrasebook" provides vocabulary words and phrases found in the worktext for quick, on-the-job reference.

About this title

About the Author:

Ana C. Jarvis, a native of Paraguay, was born in Asuncion and attended school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She received her Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Riverside, in 1973. Presently an instructor of Spanish at Chandler-Gilbert Community College in Chandler, Arizona, Dr. Jarvis previously taught at Mesa Community College, the University of California, Riverside, San Bernardino Valley College, Brigham Young University, and Riverside City College. In addition to authoring numerous Spanish textbooks, she has published several short stories in Spanish. In 1988, she was chosen "Faculty Member of the Year" at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinle
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0618505741
• ISBN 13: 9780618505746
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368