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Florida Int'l University
Spanish Language Inst.
University Park, DM491C
Miami, Florida 33199
Tel. 305-348-3749
Fax 305-348-1564
sli@fiu.edu

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Intensive Conversation Program (Spanish & Portuguese)

On-Site Training

Business Spanish Program

Intensive Conversation Program

The SLI offers quality language instruction year-round, including Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Spanish Conversation, Business Spanish for Spanish Speakers, and Beginning Portuguese.
Here at the SLI we emphasize personal attention in addressing your real language needs. Let us provide you with the most state-of-the-art language instruction available. Choose between our University Park Campus in Miami, and our Biscayne Bay Campus, only three miles from the Broward County Line, and introduce yourself to a whole new world of language, culture, and professional opportunities.

Take advantage of all we have to offer:
  • Excellent, university-trained professors versed in latest communicative methodologies
  • Small classes (6-15 students) designed to enhance the personalized nature of the SLI
  • A communication-based approach aimed at helping you gain proficiency in real-world interactions from your very first class
  • Great laboratory and classroom facilities, internet support, maximum flexibility, academic rigor and utmost professionalism.
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On-Site Training

The Spanish Language Institute takes special pride in an innovative and flexible in-office language program, tailored to the demands of businesses and large corporations in need of executive, secretarial or staff training in any or all aspects of Spanish language use.  This includes specialized courses such as Business Spanish for Spanish Speakers, of particular interest to local businesses with a large number of Hispanic employees in need of perfecting their language skills, and taught by professors trained in addressing the particular needs, abilities and goals of the bilingual student. Call us and have our staff design a training program for you.

Groups

Let the SLI design a course to meet your needs. Our flexible programs allow us to accommodate groups who wish to study together because of similar needs and interests. Contact us regarding group courses whether on campus or at your place of business.

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Business Spanish Program
This 10-week course is designed exclusively for high-intermediate, advanced and native- speaker students who need to develop their Spanish-language skills in the highly specialized business environment of today. In this course, we develop your oral skills for giving presentations, develop the writing skills so important to conducting business at a professional level, teach the specialized vocabulary of the electronic marketplace, and provide cultural knowledge to give you an edge when negotiating differences among Spanish-speaking countries. This course was designed in conjunction with the English Language Institute to provide the local business community with a real alternative for developing a truly bilingual workforce able to thrive in the international business environment of South Florida, taught by instructors trained in preparing our clients for the linguistic and cultural challenges of multinational commerce.

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