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> <p>Introduction 1 : En persona 2 : En blanco y negro 3 : En contacto 4 : En proceso 5 : En esencia 6 : En igualdad 7 : En marcha 8: En efectivo 9: En alza 10 : En esencia 11: En espera 12: En desacuerdo 13: En marcha 14: En directo 15 : En esencia 16: En ruta 17: En compañía 18: En construcción 19: En común 20 : En esencia Key to exercises</p>