Student Reflection
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| Stellar students from SPAN 202 Business Spanish. |
A Typical Day in SPAN 202
Spanish for Business meets three times a week for a 50
minute class period. Two of the three class periods each week are spent in the
classroom to focus on enhancing students’ speaking abilities and exploring
different Business themes. It is a small class of around ten students, and each
class period typically begins with five minutes of strictly Spanish
conversation between pairs of students. Throughout the semester, Dr. Abbott emphasizes
the importance of forming personal relationships in a Business setting,
especially in Latin American and Spanish business settings, and the small class
size allows students to form both business relationships and personal
relationships with each other.
Each week, the class focuses on a specific theme in
Business, and on one or more Spanish-speaking countries. For example, this
semester we have talked about different business themes surrounding marketing,
technology, and urbanization and their impacts on the Business world throughout
Latin America. We have also talked about different countries throughout the
world, including Spain, Panama, and Peru.
Each Friday class period is spent volunteering within the
University of Illinois community. This semester, half of the class is
volunteering with “La Linea”, a helpline focused on providing aid to Spanish
speakers in the Champaign-Urbana community, and half of the class is
volunteering with Illinois Spanish Advising, which focuses on informing students
about Spanish-related opportunities at U of I. Our class is helping both
organizations promote themselves through social media marketing, and it has
been a very helpful and unique way to practice relevant Spanish and Business
skills.
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