Business Spanish courses
IH Barcelona offers Business Spanish courses designed to help students who need to use the language in their work.
The aim of these courses is to help improve student's level of competence in many typical work-related activities such as participating in meetings, using the telephone for business, negotiating and selling, making presentations, etc.
Students are also introduced to a wide range of business vocabulary and given an insight into the sort of cultural differences that they may encounter while working or doing business in a Spanish-speaking country.
General Information
| Duration | 2 weeks |
| Days of the week | Monday to Friday |
| Number of hours | 4 or 6 hours tuition per day Students who take the 6-hour a day course can choose to take the business exam at the end of the second week. |
| Times |
4 hours: 09.30 to 13.30, with a twenty-minute break |
| Levels | The minimum level required to attend these Business Spanish Courses is Intermediate. |
| Ages | 18+ |
| Start dates (2008) | February 25 June 30 September 8 |
| Price | 2 weeks (40 hours): €470 2 weeks (60 hours): €705 Exam fees (subject to change) Note that there is no registration fee for our courses. The price of the course includes registration, pre-course level test, classes, all course materials, certificates, our programme of social and cultural activities, student card and access to all the school facilities, exam registration (but not fees, see above). |
The Business Spanish exam
The exam is organised by the Madrid Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the University of Alcalá. The exams are not obligatory, but students taking the six-hour a day course should expect a significant amount of classroom time to be spent on activities designed to help them prepare for these exams.
The exam is available at two levels, Certificado Básico, and Certificado Superior. The lower of the two levels (Básico) recognises that students have a basic competence in Business Spanish which should allow them to perform routine tasks in a Business context. The second level (Superior) recognises a more advanced level of competence and familiarity with the technical language used in the Business world.
The exams are held in the school on the Friday at the end of the course.
Intensive Spanish Course + Business Spanish course
We also offer students the possibility of an intensive course of 2 or more weeks combined with a Business Spanish course.
The intensive course will help students improve their overall level of competency in Spanish, while the Business course will focus more specifically on developing competency levels in a range of work-related activities.
| Duration | 2 weeks+ Note that students can take the intensive course for additional weeks if desired. |
| Start dates | 2 or more weeks before the Business Spanish course begins (see above). |
| Price [excluding exam fees] |
2-week intensive + 40-hour Business Spanish course: €860
2-week intensive + 60-hour Business Spanish course: €1.095 |
Holidays 2008
The school will be closed for public holidays on the following dates:1 January; 21, 24 March; 1, 12 May; 24 June; 15 August; 11, 24 September; 1 November; 6, 8, 25 and 26 December.
Please note that classes lost on the public holidays listed above cannot be made up at other times.
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