Spanish Language for Enterprise (LL311)
Please note: this module will not be offered in 2024-25
For information on an alternative Level 7 module offered in 2024/25 - LL312 Spanish for Business 3 - please see this page:
Language Centre - Academic Modules - Spanish for Business 3 (warwick.ac.uk)
(Equivalent to level 7)
This module runs in Term 1. Please also see Spanish Language for Contemporary Hispanic Culture for Term 2.
Summary
Level:
The module is offered to students who have lived in a Spanish- speaking country and/or have successfully completed a Warwick module at the appropriate level.
Main Objectives:
The module develops a high degree of competence in practical use of Spanish in a business context. It combines analysis of a variety of issues related to business practices with further development of communicative skills to enable students to reach a high level of language proficiency. It enables students to identify key stages in a project and to operate effectively in professional contexts.
Credits:
15 CREDITS, also available for 12 CREDITS.
Teaching:
One 2-hour language class each week for 9 weeks.
Students are reminded that 1 credit = 10 hours of study, therefore the minimum expected amount of study is 120 hours. A substantial amount of independent study is therefore required. Students can make use of Languages@Warwick (our virtual learning environment) to facilitate this.
Tutor:
Susana Jackson-Houlston
Course Text
No textbook is required. Selected texts will be provided.
Course Description
Alongside the acquisition of the language required to accomplish a wide range of communicative and professional tasks, accurately and fluently, will be the operational skills, socio-economic knowledge and ‘business culture’ insights essential to successful functioning in the world of work in a Spanish-speaking environment.
The module is:
- taught entirely in Spanish.
- organised around building a Business Plan for a project in a Spanish-speaking country, hence students complete tasks each week, after analysing needs, researching and finding reliable information, solving practical business problems.
- skills-based so the syllabus will draw on a variety of media, e.g. radio, television, newspapers, interview, blogs/forums, legal websites etc. to enable students to build and increase business knowledge and related language skills.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
- develop a project and solve problems in Spanish, having gained the confidence and linguistic knowledge necessary to function effectively on a day to day basis in a Spanish/Latin American company.
- demonstrate an enhanced proficiency in listening, speaking, reading and writing skills, with particular emphasis on business language and notions
- demonstrate ability to handle authentic materials, in any medium, in Spanish.
By the end of the course, students should be able to perform at approximately Level C1+ Proficient user (operational proficiency) of the Common European Framework.