Spanish for work and business: one-to-one lessons built around your job
Whether you work in trade, live and work in a Spanish-speaking country, or meet Spanish-speaking clients, your teacher plans the lessons around your industry and daily situations: emails, calls, meetings and clients, so you can use it the next day.
- check_circleBuilt around your industry
- check_circleEmails, meetings, clients
- check_circleChoose your own times
6 situations where you need Spanish at work
These are the situations students ask to practise most. Tell your teacher in the trial lesson which ones you need.
Emails
Formal openings and closings (Estimado/a…, Atentamente), following up, confirming and apologising, clearly and politely.
Phone and video calls
Understanding the other person, checking key points, politely asking them to repeat or slow down.
Meetings and presentations
Giving your opinion, agreeing and disagreeing, presenting figures and plans.
Clients, quotes and negotiation
Introducing your company and products, quoting, discussing delivery times and payment terms.
Business trips and trade fairs
Airports, hotels and restaurants, and chatting with clients at your stand.
Working in a Spanish-speaking country
Everyday talk with colleagues, understanding notices and documents, dealing with banks and paperwork.
What level do you need for work?
It depends on the job. Trade jobs and roles that involve emails and clients usually ask for B1 to B2.
Simple communication
Greetings, introducing yourself, reading simple emails and handling familiar everyday matters.
Everyday work
The main tenses are mostly covered: you can write ordinary emails, make calls and handle common work situations.
Meetings and negotiation
You follow meetings without asking for repeats, give your views clearly and write more formal documents.
In our syllabus B1 takes about 32 hours and B2 about 40 hours (after A2). In the trial lesson the teacher first checks your current level.
How lessons are built around your work
Set your goal in the trial
Tell the teacher your industry, your job and the situations you face most; the teacher checks your level first.
Grammar plus real situations
The teacher fills the grammar gaps for your level, then practises speaking and writing with your work situations.
Practise with your real work
Bring emails you need to write or presentations you need to give, and the teacher helps you improve and practise them.
4 tips for working with Spanish-speaking clients
Usted or tú
Use the more formal usted with new contacts and clients; once they switch to tú, you can too.
Small talk first
Relationships matter in many Spanish-speaking places: a few friendly words before a meeting feel more natural than going straight to prices.
Email openings and closings
Start a formal email with Estimado/a + surname and end with Atentamente or Saludos cordiales.
Spain vs Latin America words
The same thing can have different names: a computer is an ordenador in Spain and usually a computadora in Latin America.
Questions about Spanish for work
I'm only A1 or A2. Can I learn Spanish for work?
expand_more
Yes. The teacher builds your grammar base and adds the words and phrases you need at work, so your study has a clear direction.
Can the lessons focus on my industry?
expand_more
Yes. Lessons are one-to-one: tell us your industry and needs in the trial lesson and the teacher plans around them.
I'm busy with work. How do I fit lessons in?
expand_more
You choose your own class times and book at least 12 hours ahead; cancelling also needs 12 hours' notice.
Can I just practise speaking?
expand_more
Yes. Students with some Spanish can take free conversation classes focused on the conversations they have at work.
Can I try a lesson first?
expand_more
Yes. The first 50-minute trial lesson is free, and the teacher finds out your level and what you need for work.
Start with a free trial lesson: tell the teacher what you need at work and they will plan the lessons around it.
calendar_today Book a free 50-min trial