Business Spanish (Teach Yourself) [Paperback]

Juan Kattan-Ibarra (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0844238333 | ISBN-13: 978-0844238333 | Publication Date: August 1993

With 300 million Spanish speakers in the world, knowing Spanish is the key to some of the biggest global markets. If you've never studied Spanish, or if you need to brush up your skills, here is the ideal course. It allows you to work at your own pace to suit your needs--and contains 16 units of dialogues, culture notes, grammar, and exercises; cultural practice exercises; pronunciation guide; verb and vocabulary tables; dictionary; and more.

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Text: English, Spanish

Product Details

• Paperback: 321 pages
• Publisher: Teach Yourself (August 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844238333
• ISBN-13: 978-0844238333
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #905,083 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great reference from the "Teach Yourself" series", June 6, 2002

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This review is from: Business Spanish (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

This book is a very concise well organized resource for advanced, fluent and native speakers who wish to improve their business Spanish speaking skills. The book provides ample business vocabulary, phrases and brief grammatical explanations as a reminder of how certain rules function in Spanish (one would already have to have a solid understanding of the grammar).All chapters have practice exercises for immediate application and an answer key is provided at the back of the book. The book is comprised of business scenarios and what I found particularly helpful was that they are realistic and the phrases applied are currently used by all Spanish speaking countries thus eliminating language barriers within the Spanish language. This book will definitely enable you to improve your business Spanish vocabulary and enable you to speak confidently in a professional environment. It's also key to note that it provides basic vocabulary and phrases in the business scenarios however, if you are looking for more extensive vocabulary another reference should be consulted. I recommend this reference for those who need to speak with the correct terminology from time to time in an appropriate business situation in Spanish.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for contextual learning., August 4, 2000

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This review is from: Business Spanish (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

I used these books for my second year of spanish in a Masters degree in international marketing. The first year we did basic spanish and in this year we wanted the language we would need for business purposes. The texts are relevant and contextual, they cover both castillian and south american spanish issues. The tapes cover spanish from both sides of the atlantic which is useful. Furthermore the texts expose you to socio-political issues in the hispanic nations which gives a good basis to conversational spanish when current affairs topics crop up. Knowing the name of the spanish parliament or the title of government ministers etc is very good exposure. Thumbs up from me (I got a good mark in this course so I can't complain).

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This review is from: Business Spanish (Teach Yourself) (Paperback)

book is very organized into different sections foreach activities. It provided case study and examples that reflected real life situation.