This worktext offers diversified business topics and vocabulary, technology-related vocabulary, cultural notes, and activities on business culture and practices--correlated to the cultural notes--to 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. Cultural focus highlights Hispanic customs and traditions relevant to the subject matter of the lesson, inNotas culturalessections.

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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