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Basic Spanish for Business and Finance

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ISBN-10: 0618687467

ISBN-13: 9780618687466

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ana C. Jarvis, Raquel Lebredo

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This worktext offers diversified business topics and vocabulary, technology-related vocabulary, cultural notes, and activities on business culture and practicescorrelated to the cultural notesto check and reinforce students' business cross-cultural competency. Applied presentation features realistic dialogues, personalized questions, situational role-plays, and realia-based activities that correspond grammatically with those inBasic Spanish. Practical, specialized vocabulary includes terms essential for communicating in business and financial settings, an in-text audio CD for the worktext, andUn paso maacute;ssections that offer additional vocabulary practice and realia-based activities.…    
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List price: $62.76
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Division
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.782

Raquel Lebredo was born in Camag�ey, Cuba. She attended school in Havana and later enrolled at the University of Havana, where she received a Ph.D. in Education in 1950. After living in Spain for a period of time, she moved in 1968 to the United States. Dr. Lebredo was awarded a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of California, Riverside, in 1973. Since then she has taught Spanish at Claremont Graduate School, Crafton Hills College, the University of Redlands, and California Baptist College, and has authored several Spanish textbooks. She was honored as "Faculty Member of the Year" by the student body at California Baptist College, and in 1991 she received a YWCA "Women of Achievement"…    

Leccioacute;n preliminar
Conversaciones breves(Brief conversations) Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
Gender and number
The definite and indefinite articles
Subject pronouns
The present indicative ofser
Cardinal numbers 0–39 Business Communication: Greetings, farewells, and introductions in personal and telephone interaction with other people Leccioacute;n
El viaje de negocios Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
The present indicative of regular -arverbs
Interrogative and negative sentences
Forms and position of adjectives
Telling time
Cardinal numbers 300–1,000
Uses of hay Business Communication: Travelling by plane, making plane reservations, arriving in a foreign country Leccioacute;n
En dos aeropuertos mexicanos Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
Agreement of adjectives, nouns, and adjectives
The present indicative of regular -erand -irverbs
Possession withde
Possessive adjectives
The personala Business Communication: Dealing with immigration officers and custom inspectors, exchanging dollars for foreign currencies Leccioacute;n
En el hotel Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
The irregular verbsir, dar,andestar
Ir a+ infinitive
Uses of the verbsserandestar
Contractions Business Communication: Making hotel reservations, giving personal and credit card information, complaining about hotel accommodations Leccioacute;n
Las comidas Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
The irregular verbstenerandvenir
Expressions with tener
Comparative forms
Irregular comparative forms Business Communication: Dining at a restaurant, finding information about typical local food, asking what some dishes consist of, finding out how dishes are served Leccioacute;n
Comprando para importar Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
Stem-changing verbs (e:ie)
Some uses of the definite article
The present progressive Business Communication: Make an appointment to buy goods abroad to be imported to the US, conducting a subsequent interview, finding out about quality and other features of the goods, finding out about prices and paying terms and conditions Repaso (Lecciones 1–5) Leccioacute;n
Vendiendo para exportar Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
Stem-changing verbs (o:ue)
Affirmative and negative expressions
Pronouns as object of a preposition
Direct object pronouns Business Communication: Visiting with a prospective client in a Latin American country, negotiating to sell merchandise to be exported from the US Leccioacute;n
Medios de comunicacioacute;n Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
Stem-changing verbs (e:i)
Irregular first-person forms
Saber contrasted withconocer
Indirect object pronouns Business Communication: Inquiring about the availability of communication facilities in a foreign country, how to procure and use communication facilities Leccioacute;n
El transporte de pasajeros Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
Special construction withgustar, doler,andhacer falta
Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns
Direct and indirect object pronouns used together Business Communication: Dealing with the use of different means of passenger transportation, taking a bus or a taxi, renting a car, requirements for renting and driving a car in a foreign country Leccioacute;n
El transporte de mercanciacute;as Structures from Basic Spanish Grammar
Possessive pronouns
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