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This course is for students who wish to enhance the skills they developed in Business Spanish or Business Mandarin. In this course, you will refine and polish your writing, reading, listening and speaking skills through intensive business simulations, role-plays and expansion activities. You will develop complex language structure, increasingly sophisticated business vocabulary, pronunciation and culture.
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Increase your earning potential by developing your foreign language skills. Our Business Spanish and Business Mandarin courses offer quality language instruction, which will help you to communicate effectively with your clients, customers and global partners. The focus of Business Spanish and Business Mandarin is on relevant language structure, business vocabulary, pronunciation and culture. It is recommended that students complete level 3 of Spanish or Mandarin in the Language and Culture Program before entering this course.
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Are you a healthcare professional who needs to communicate with patients, family members and caregivers in another language? Courses in French, Mandarin and Spanish are offered to help you develop your conversational skills. Learn appropriate language structures, vocabulary, pronunciation and cultural information for communicating effectively. It is recommended that students take a level 1 French, Mandarin or Spanish course or have prior knowledge of French, Mandarin or Spanish before entering the Language for Healthcare program.
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Immerse yourself in Spanish, New York's most important second language. In this beginning level you will engage in simple small talk about hobbies, professions, travel and food. Focus on the present tense, asking and giving directions, telling time and numbers. Read and write simple sentences.
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In this course, you will continue conversation practice with such topics as weekly schedules, clothing, body parts, shopping, transportation, holidays and customs. Use the present and past tense while learning more complex verb conjugations. Read and write short passages while building your vocabulary.
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Engage in extended conversation in Spanish about social relationships, health, geography and the arts. Learn how to describe people, places and things. Expand your present, past and future tense usage by talking about personal experiences. Read and write descriptions and short texts.
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This intermediate level course in Spanish provides extended conversation practice with TV and technology, sports, architecture and film. Review the past and future tenses. Learn how to write and talk about events, opinions and preferences. Read a variety of texts.
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At the end of this course, you will be able to hold conversations with native speakers on a variety of subjects including current events, literature, history, and social status. Practice your small talk and dining etiquette. You will also be able to write a short narrative essay, write and discuss a summary and express more complex ideas.
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For the most advanced student, this course offers the opportunity to practice conversational skills related to current events and business, fashion, fads, music and pop culture with native speakers. You will also learn how to write an expository essay, give a short presentation, express sophisticated ideas and read more sophisticated texts.
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