BUSINESS SPANISH

1
WELCOME
to
BUSINESS SPANISH

• Warm up activity
• Write down any Spanish names which you may
  already know.
• Why do you know these words ?.
• Look at the first few pages of your book and
  write down any Spanish words for which you can
  work out the meaning in English.

2
The following presentation could be used as an
on-line lesson if accompanied of audio visual
material. Any speaking activity could be, if
necessary, recorded by the student and sent to
the teacher. The presentation is made up of
.self explanatory slides. The presentation
includes exercises with great emphasise in oral
communication.
3
Lets start with the sounds
Learn to pronounce the 5 vowels and youll be
able to read in Spanish.
But, also pay attention to some particular
sounds
4
Adiós
España
Ibiza
hOla
Usted
5
(No Transcript)
6
ABECEDARIO put in the right order.
7
(No Transcript)
8
(No Transcript)
9
In Spanish we read what we write, we apply the
letters sounds. However we still have some
peculiarities. And we need to look at the
combination of some CV (consonant / vowel).
10
(No Transcript)
11
(No Transcript)
12
(No Transcript)
13
(No Transcript)
14
(No Transcript)
15
(No Transcript)
16
(No Transcript)
17
(No Transcript)
18
GREETINGS.
HELLO
BYE
19
Lets start with some simple greetings
How do we break up the day in Spain ?.
In Spain we only break up the day into three
parts
Morning, Afternoon, Night.
Up to 8.00pm
From 8 or 9.00pm till next morning
Up to 1.00pm
20
Buenos días
21
Buenas tardes
22
Buenas noches
23
What is, therefore, the first cultural
difference between Spain and England, many of
which you will find out through this course ?.
We only talk about Morning, Afternoon and Night.
24
Introducing oneself and someone else
Whats different between Spanish and English?
Different expressions and two ways of saying
YOU depending on whether we have a formal
USTED or informal TU conversation.
25
Situation
You arrive at the company, based in the foreign
country, and someone comes to welcome you. The
following slides will present you with the
correct expressions to use in a formal context
(business) .
Hello, Welcome, Pleased to meet you, its a
pleasure.
26
HOLA !
/a
BIEN VENIDO !
27
Mucho gusto
Encantado/a
28
Have you noticed the different ending (o/a) ?
Nouns in Spanish have a gender -masculine
\feminine-.
The rule (90) could be that a noun ending in A
is feminine, otherwise is masculine.
Therefore, if we greet to a woman, well say
Encantada, o Bienvenida.
29
Look at these flashcards and work in pairs. One
partner points to a flashcard and the other
pronounce correctly. Then, the other partner
pronounce a greeting and his/her colleague has to
point to the correct flashcard. Award points for
correct answers.
30
Now, prepare a short conversation using the
following flashcards. You will refer to the time
of the day and welcome and greet a visitor to
your company.
31
Now,stand up and practise that short
conversation with a male and female colleague. P
ay attention to the different ending depending on
the gender of your colleague.
32
Lets see when a third party introduces us to
another person.
Le presento
When one person is introduced to me.
Les presento
When one person is introduced to a group.
33
(No Transcript)
34
Have you noticed the difference betwee a Formal
Informal introduction ?.
Le presento / Te presento
Les presento / Os presento
In the next two slides you look at different
expressions, some /- formal.
35
(No Transcript)
36
(No Transcript)
37
Activity
Think of a situation, eg a salesman arriving to a
branch of the firm in another city, and you are
introduced to the manager.
In groups of three, prepare an script using the
expressions from the previous two slides.
Remember you are in a business situation. Eg
Le presento al Señor Martinez. Me alegro de
conocerle. Igualmente.
38
A social aspect
Hand shaking in a business situation no kisses
but just a hand shake. When people knows to each
other, and between man and womad, two kisses.
39
(No Transcript)
40
Saying Bye Three expressions that we can use
Bye .
See you later.
See you tomorrow.
See you next .
41
hasta luego
adiós
hasta mañana
hasta el próximo .
42
Hasta el próximo
What day is today? Today is .........
Look at the question and answer in English.
Look for the pattern that is followed.
Now, apply the same logical to the question and
answer in Spanish.
43
Qué día es hoy?
.
Lunes
Jueves
Martes
Viernes
Domingo
Sábado
Miércoles
44
Activity
Write one day of the week on a small piece of
paper, dont let the others see what youve got.
One starts with the question Qué día es hoy?
Hoy es ?.
Your colleague needs to guess what card you have
got.
Right guess, you get the card, wrong guess the
other students turn.
45
2nd Activity
Go back to your first scrip with greetings and
introduce a bye expression. Again, perform with
a male and female colleague.
3rd Activity
Think of an activity or image you can associate
to each day of the week. In pairs, play a
guessing game.
46
Use the expressions learnt to fill in the speech
bubbles.
47
Cultural Awareness
Interrogation and exclamation symbols
An upside down symbol of interrogation is used at
the beginning of the question (..?). The same
for an exclamation symbol ( !).
48
Tu
Yo
Usted ?
Which expression will be used in a business
situation ?, What does it mean ?
49
The next four slides introduce the expressions
Mr. (surname) Mrs. (surname) Im Mr.
Im Mrs. ..
Remember about the gender ?. Now, again, we need
to look at the different ending depending on
whether we mean Mr or Mrs. Also, look at the
article in front, that also changes depending
again on the gender.
50
señor
El
Martínez
51
La
señora
Ramírez
52
Soy
el señor Martínez
53
Soy
la señora Ramírez
54
Soy el señor Martínez
Y usted?
Soy la señora Ramírez
55

• Do you guess the meaning of Y usted ?
• Write down your answer
• .

• what does it means SOY ?
• Write down your answer
• .

56
FILL IN THE GAPS And act out the dialogue
Buenos .., bien venido. Soy Martínez.
.
Encantada, . la Señora García.
Adiós.
Hasta el .. Martes.