Spanish for the Professions (Spanish Edition)

Spanish for the Professions (Spanish Edition)

The second edition of Spanish for the Professions is designed for learners planning to pursue careers in professional environments, both within the United States and abroad. Each chapter immerses students in the cultures and infrastructure of Latin America, US Latinx and Spain. The learner-centered approach incorporates professionally specialized vocabulary, dialogues, grammar, case studies, in-class presentations, films, and current event videos that are strategically themed to match each chapter. The communicative and task-based approaches in law, public health, IT, real estate, banking and finance, and human resources align with both classroom learning objectives and practical professional needs. Robustly updated throughout to incorporate changes since the 2015 publication, this edition has been updated to reflect key updates centered around a refreshed order and focus that renovate and inform all 7 chapters. This new edition: - Reframes and updates the legal system chapter. - Expands the technology chapter to cover both technology and mass media. - Reframes the chapter on housing and real estate to spotlight new trends. - Updates the medical system chapter, reconfigured now as health sciences and expands the social and dental services. - Updates the banking and financial chapter to reflect socio-economic changes. - Updates the Human Resources chapter to serve as reference in CV and Resume creation. This text empowers learners to excel on a global stage as Spanish-speaking professionals. It is an ideal resource for immersion courses at intermediate and advanced levels as well as a desktop reference for professionals using Spanish in their day-to-day interactions. Lori Celaya, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Spanish and the director of Latin American Studies at the University of Idaho, where she continues to teach and publish on Latin American and United States Latino literature and culture as well as Spanish for the professions. Dr. Celaya is the author of Mexico visto desde su literatura norte: identidades propias de la transculturacion y la migración and coauthor of Nos pasamos de la raya/We Crossed The Line, an anthology of border texts. Marta Boris Tarré, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Iberian studies at the University of Idaho, where she teaches Iberian literature and cinema, courses in Spanish for the professions, and Spanish for medical providers. She is the author of several articles that deal with immigration and gender, human traffic for sexual exploitation, and cultural perceptions between the West and the Muslim world in literature and cinema.