Spanish for Retail Management
Our grammar-based Graf Method gives you the conversational foundation to help customers, train employees, and handle retail situations in Spanish.
How Berges Institute Helps Retail Professionals:
- Learn conversational Spanish through our grammar-based Graf Method
- Small group classes with native Spanish-speaking instructors
- Build confidence serving Spanish-speaking customers
- Flexible online classes that fit retail schedules
- Foundation for retail and sales communication
- Practice speaking Spanish from day one
Frequently asked questions
Yes! Once you have conversational Spanish, you'll be able to greet customers, answer questions about products, help with sizes and prices, process returns, and provide excellent customer service. The grammar foundation lets you handle unexpected situations, not just repeat scripted phrases.
Conversational fluency is the foundation for managing in any language. Once you can speak Spanish conversationally, you'll be able to give instructions, provide feedback, discuss schedules, and handle employee relations. Many managers find that even basic Spanish dramatically improves team communication.
We teach conversational Spanish through grammar and sentence-building. This naturally includes retail situations like discussing products, prices, and customer service. The specific retail vocabulary becomes easier to learn once you understand how to construct Spanish sentences.
Many students can handle basic customer and employee interactions within 10-15 months of consistent study. You'll start with simple exchanges and build toward more complex retail conversations as you progress.
Reviews from our students
Emily Hope
5.0
2023-04-19
I enjoyed the pace of this course. Lots of stuff to remember but it was manageable. Looking forward to my next lesson! Loved that most classes were pretty small and I was able to get lots of practice speaking Spanish.
Alex Liu
5.0
2023-11-01
The course moved at a comfortable pace and the material presented was suitable for true beginner. I enjoyed the way the material was presented in the Berges textbook and the weekly homework assignments helped to reinforce each week's lesson. Although it might seem overwhelming at first, once you get into a consistent rhythm and schedule for doing the homework, it flies by. While the online only format is convenient, particularly if I am traveling for work, I do wish this was an in-person class. Or if there could be some way for students to communicate with each other for meetings outside the classroom in order to practice more.
Paula McKinnon
5.0
2023-04-05
The class was excellent and perfectly paced in accordance with the homework. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Bill Wong
5.0
2023-04-06
It is a fun course. It gets you going speaking and writing Spanish from the start.
Leigh Rivera
5.0
2023-04-08
Awesome class
Patrick Cavanaugh
5.0
2023-01-14
I enjoyed the book, overall content, and flexibility of class times.
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