In business, a first impression is very important to inspire confidence. An essential part of that first impression is the correct use of spoken language. In this article we will cover the best tips to help you learn to speak business Spanish like a native.
How to gain confidence in speaking Spanish?
First, avoid hesitating and making long pauses when you speak in Spanish. Do your best to maintain a fluent flow of words. Show that you are confident of your Spanish speaking skills. To help you with that, in the following list we cover common business conversation topics you can use to practice:
How to improve pronunciation in Spanish?
Make sure that you are pronouncing the words as they would be pronounced by a native. To help, at the end of each post on the list above, you will find common business Spanish vocabulary for each topic. Next to each vocabulary word, you can play the correct pronunciation of each word in Spanish. To get a more elaborate lesson on Spanish pronunciation, visit this pronunciation guide.
Speaking Spanish like a native, when it is not your mother tongue, is a sign of good character. It is like being a fish that can survive and interact outside of the water. Having the perseverance to achieve this, speaks much more about you than you can actually say.
To reach the level of a native speaker in Spanish requires several hours of study and practice. A person may learn to speak Spanish, but if feedback is rarely provided, progress can be very slow. To help, we have created the business Spanish conversation program.
How to learn Business Spanish faster?
Our program is a tool used by students to help them achieve their language fluency goals faster. The way it works is that you schedule conversations with one of our native speaker partners. You then have conversations in times and days that are convenient to you. At the end of each conversation, you receive a written feedback report. This report contains details of all the mistakes you made during the conversation. When you know where are your flaws in the language, it is a lot easier to know where to shift your focus and improve.
To see what are the conversation packages that we offer click here.
Book recommendations for Business Spanish
These are some of the books used by students in Business Spanish courses in universities in the United States:
- Éxito Comercial (Commercial Success) by Michael Scott Doyle and Bruce Fryer
- Exposición de Negocios en Español (Exhibition of Business in Spanish) by Ana María Brenes García
- En equipo.es by Andreu, Lázaro, Muñoz, Vicente and Ainciburu
- Cultura y Negocios (Culture and Business) by Ángel Felices Lago
- Empresa Siglo XXI – El Español en el Ambito Profesional (Company Century XXI – Spanish in the Business Environment) by Romero and Nunez