CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS (AARC)

Course overview

IN THIS LEARNING EVENT, YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION OF SPANISH CONSONANTS, VOWELS, AND WORDS. CORRECT PRONUNCIATION WILL HELP YOU COMMUNICATE CLEARLY WITH PATIENTS OR CLIENTS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD. TO PRONOUNCE SPANISH WORDS CORRECTLY, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHICH SYLLABLE TO STRESS AND THE SOUNDS THAT EACH LETTER REPRESENTS IN SPANISH. MANY CONSONANTS AND VOWELS ARE PRONOUNCED THE SAME IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH; SOME SPANISH CONSONANTS AND VOWELS ARE PRONOUNCED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY APPEAR WITHIN A WORD. FINALLY, YOU WILL LEARN TO RECOGNIZE THE LETTERS THAT ARE PART OF THE SPANISH ALPHABET AND SOUNDS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO SPANISH.