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<title>El espaņol de los negocios 2 (Business Spanish 2)</title>
<cid>BITM-272</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P440-0044</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>itm5</bkey>
<ctypes>
<hours>2</hours>
<type>VU</type>
</ctypes>
<cp>2.5</cp>
<semester>2</semester>
<mandatory>yes</mandatory>
<language>Spanish</language>
<exam>Written exam (90 minutes / Can be repeated semesterly)</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>BITM-272</cid>
<branch>International Tourism-Management</branch>
<semester>2</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
30 class hours (= 22.5 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 75 hours (equivalent to 2.5 ECTS credits).There are therefore 52.5 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Prof. Dr. Thomas Tinnefeld</convenor>
<convenor-person-key>tti</convenor-person-key>
<lecturers>
<lecturer>Dozierende des Studiengangs</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>all</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After successfully completing this module, students will:
- be able to handle general spanish using the four basic language skills (speaking, writing, listening, and reading) in a largely comprehensible and communicatively appropriate manner
- have mastered the technical language of economics and tourism in selected subject areas relevant to them in a generally appropriate manner
- be able to reflect on aspects of the target language relevant to business and tourism and discuss them in the group
- be able to identify basic, potentially interculturally sensitive areas of communication with representatives of the target language countries based on these reflections under guidance and to articulate their position on them
- be able to anticipate a range of situations in their future professional life linguistically and in doing so, create the conditions for coping with them in their future careers
- be able to develop the vocabulary of areas (word fields) relevant to their future life and career under guidance 
- be able to prepare presentations in the foreign language under guidance and deliver them in a manner that is largely understandable for the audience
</objectives>
<content>Exercises for listening and reading comprehension, speaking and writing skills (technical language-oriented text reception and production)
Specific tourism topics will be addressed based on other courses offered during the semester
Professionally-relevant role playing and simulations
Creation of subject-related, specialized presentations
Review of basic school grammar
Basic technical Spanish from the fields of economics and tourism
Improvement and development of standard vocabulary
Expansion of general vocabulary and development of technical vocabulary
</content>
<media>Use of a multimedia computer language laboratory
Use of a wide range of multimedia: television and video, radio, press, computer-based interactivity
Partner work, group work and role playing
Presentations and short talks by students
Presentations by the lecturer
Discussions
Internet research
The goal is to enable authentic foreign language communication within the teaching environment.</media>
<literature>Target group-oriented teaching materials compiled by the lecturer
Articles from renowned newspapers and magazines from the target language countries
Texts for listening comprehension (audio/video)
Individually tailored vocabulary and grammar exercises for the target audience
Internet resources
</literature>
<offered>
</offered>
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