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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.


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.

Spanish in the Workplace will be taught in a hybrid environment where students will interact live with instructor via Zoom (a video conferencing classroom with on-line learning components).

This 21-hour course is delivered in seven 3-hour sessions.

Location: Instructor-led training via Zoom videoconferencing
Cost: $250
Dates: February 11 - March 25, 2021 
Time: Thursdays, 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Registration Online or for more information contact 570-963-2509 or email [email protected]


Spanish in the Workplace: Level 1

This course will offer Spanish for the workplace to facilitate basic communication with employees or clients whose native language is Spanish. Emphasis is placed on oral communication and specific vocabulary used in a business context. Written and oral practice to exercise the ability to find and communicate information of daily transactions.

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

Course Schedule and Registration Information

This 21-hour course is delivered in seven 3-hour sessions.

Location: Instructor-led training via Zoom videoconferencing
Cost: $250
Dates: To be determined.
Time: To be determined.

For more information contact 570-963-2509 or email [email protected]


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.

Cost: $250
Dates: To be determined.
Times: To be determined.


Note: The University reserves the right to cancel courses due to insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances.

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John C. Drake
Center Director
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Jo Ann Durdan
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Caroline Mongelli
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(570) 963-2600

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