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HRT 147 – Spanish for the Hospitality Industry

Course Description

Course Description:  This course focuses on basic Spanish phrases to allow non-Spanish speaking workers to communicate with Spanish speaking workers.  It includes giving instructions, giving directions, understanding basic questions using interrogatory words (who, what, when, where, why), colors, numbers, days of the week, months of the year, and industry specific vocabulary that pertains to the lodging and food and beverage sectors of the hospitality industry. 


 

Competency Areas

Hours

Spanish Language Fundamentals

Class

4

Essential Workplace Spanish

D. Lab

     0

Recruiting, hiring, and training

P. Lab/O.B.I.

0

Basic work directives in Spanish

Credit

4

Communicating safety and emergency issues in Spanish

 

 

Hospitality industry specific vocabulary

 

 

 

Prerequisite:

Program admission

Corequisite:

     

 

Course Guide

 

Competency

After completing this section, the student will be able to:

Hours

Class

D.Lab

P.Lab/

O.B.I.


SPANISH LANGUAGE FUNDAMENTALS

2

0

0

 

Identify and demonstrate pronunciation of Spanish vowels, consonants, and diphthongs

 

 

 

 

Describe basic ways Spanish differs from English

 

 

 

ESSENTIAL WORKPLACE SPANISH

5

0

0

Basic conversational phrases in Spanish

Identify interrogatory words (who, what, when, etc.), colors and numbers

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate how to tell time in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Pronounce and memorize the days of the week, months, and holidays in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate how to state and write dates in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate basic greetings and how to introduce oneself in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Demonstrate the use of proper etiquette terms (please, thank you, etc.) in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Discuss the concept of two last names and how to identify which name is used on paperwork and legal documents

 

 

 

 

Pronounce and memorize directional words (up, down, here, there, left, right, etc.)

 

 

 

 

Pronounce and memorize colors, numbers, and articles of clothing

 

 

 

RECRUITING, HIRING, AND TRAINING

5

0

0

 

Practice and memorize phrases used to fill out employment applications and produce identification

 

 

 

 

Practice and memorize phrases used to explain employee benefits

 

 

 

 

Practice and memorize phrases used to hire and schedule staff

 

 

 

 

Practice and memorize phrases used in the disciplinary and termination processes

 

 

 

 

Practice and memorize the various job titles in hotels and restaurants

 

 

 

 

Practice and memorize generic titles such as supervisor or boss

 

 

 

BASIC WORK DIRECTIVES IN SPANISH

5

0

0

 

Discuss the importance of politeness and tone of voice in issuing directives and assignments

 

 

 

 

Practice and memorize basic commands (Go __; do __; bring __; deliver__; etc.)

 

 

 

 

Practice using “Favor de + infinitives” to give orders

 

 

 

 

Practice and memorize generic instructions [Do it like this; put this here (there); take this to __; clean this, etc.]

 

 

 

COMMUNICATING SAFETY AND EMERGENCIES ISSUES IN SPANISH

5

0

0

 

Practice and memorize emergency words and phrases in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Communicate basic operations of fire extinguishers in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Communicate importance of proper use of chemicals in Spanish

 

 

 

 

Communicate in Spanish the importance of documenting all injuries

 

 

 

 

Explain in Spanish the importance of Material Safety Data Sheets

 

 

 

HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY SPECIFIC VOCABULARY

18

0

0

 

Memorize and practice specific vocabulary for housekeeping and food and beverage operations

 

 

 

 

Identify, pronounce, and memorize the Spanish vocabulary for the equipment used in the workplace

 

 

 

 

Identify, pronounce, and memorize Spanish words pertaining to uniforms and proper dress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suggested Resources

 

Conversational Spanish Grammar for the Hospitality Classroom
Matt A. Casado
ISBN: 0-471-73009-2
Paperback
224 pages
September 2006  (Wiley)

 

The Restaurant & Bar English/Spanish Spanish/English Dictionary
Maria Belknap
ISBN: 0-471-71182-9
Paperback
352 pages
February 2006  (Wiley)

 

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Posted: 09/11/06