En Activo: Practical Business Spanish

<p><em>En Activo</em> is a contemporary course which provides students with a structured development of written and spoken business language skills focusing on real business people and situations from all over the Spanish-speaking world.</p><p>The book consists of twenty chapters that incorporate contextual information on the business environment of Spain and Latin America role-plays illustrative dialogues dedicated written exercises relevant grammar instruction practical communicative exercises up-to-date practical advice model items of written and spoken business protocol and links to numerous carefully-selected and integrated websites. Each chapter is structured as follows:</p><p>-Le Presento a…: introduction of the central individual and their working life</p><p>-Escuche por favor: extensive listening exercises and accompanying activities</p><p>-Recuerde que...: grammar revision and communicative exercises</p><p>-Para saber más: deepens knowledge about Spanish and Latin-American business culture and etiquette</p><p>-Así se hace: hands-on section practising business situations and day-to-day tasks</p><p>-¿Sabe navegar?: practices web research and web etiquette.</p><p>Each fifth chapter is a revision chapter which puts the acquired knowledge in practice via discussion groups presentations and debates.</p><p>An audio CD containing all interviews and listening comprehension exercises is available separately.</p><p>At the end of this course the student will have a sound knowledge of the Spanish speaking business world and the language skills required to put this knowledge in practice.</p>