Spanish in the Workplace
Learn to speak Spanish
These courses are for those who interact with Spanish-speaking employees or patrons in the workplace, and who are seeking basic conversational Spanish skills for use in their day-to-day communications. It is expected that participants will have no Spanish training or limited Spanish education that has been forgotten.
Who should attend: Managers, supervisors, classroom educators, health-care practitioners, and other professionals who benefit from these courses, as well as anyone else who wants to learn the language, be it for travel, work, or awareness.
Click on the courses below for course descriptions:
- Spanish in the Workplace: Level 1
- Spanish in the Workplace: Level 2 (begins spring 2020)
- Spanish in the Workplace: Level 3
This 21-hour course, is delivered in seven-3-hour sessions.
To register or for more information about any of the Spanish training offerings, contact our office
at 570-963-2600 or email scrantonoutreach@psu.edu.
Spanish in the Workplace: Level 1
Learning Outcomes for Spanish in the Workplace
- Become proficient in workplace Spanish vocabulary
- Demonstrate an ability to engage in simple business in Spanish
- Increase active vocabulary by practicing conversations with authentic materials
- Improve listening skills to become more proficient in understanding Spanish
- Understand basic questions and requests in Spanish
- Identify key grammatical structures to improve reading and speaking strategies in Spanish
- Develop your next level still, in translating sentences and short texts or forms from English to Spanish and Spanish to English
- Improve cultural communication skills
- Be able to ask and in-take information to fill out documents pertaining to business
Spanish in the Workplace: Level 2
This workshop will refresh and reinforce the topics covered in Level 1. The class will continue conjugating verbs in the present tense along with gaining a general sense of the past and future tenses. At the end of the course, students will be able to carry on a simple conversation without consulting a dictionary.
Dates: March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28, and May 5, 2020
Location: Spanish in the Workplace will be taught in a hybrid environment where face-to-face classes will be held at the Wilkes-Barre THINK Center located at 7 N. Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Students can also join via Zoom – a video conferencing classroom with on-line learning components.Cost: $250 per person
To register or more information, contact 570-963-2600 or scrantonoutreach@psu.edu.
Spanish in the Workplace: Level 3
This workshop begins by reviewing the basics of Spanish presented in Levels 1 and 2. (It is expected that students enter the class with a rudimentary understanding of pronunciation and the present tense). The differences between the two past tenses (preterite and imperfect) will be explored, along with further practice with the future tenses. Notes on culture will be added to each session, and the workshop will be adjusted according to the needs of class participants.