At A Glance
The course incorporates visual imagery, language tips, intuitive reading exercise’s and interactive assessments.
Offered fully online
Welcome to Microsoft Office with Spanish for the Workplace Program
Want to enhance your Microsoft Office and your communication skills in both English and Spanish? Lackawanna College’s Microsoft Office with Spanish for the Workplace Certificate Program can help your skills for the workplace, making you an effective communicator!
Your Career Starts Here
Enhancing your skills to become more proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, and being able to communicate in both English and Spanish is a huge benefit to the workplace. Those who can effectively communicate in both languages can see a 5% to 20% increase to their salary.
Earning this certificate helps workers in a variety of industries including:
- Medical
- Education
- Government
- Local and National Businesses
- And Many More
More About the Program
This course prepares students to take the Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) Suite certification exam(s). Students only need to take one certification exam in order to become a Microsoft Office Specialist.
Spanish for the Workplace is an innovative, self-paced, online occupational Spanish conversation course that seeks to bridge the communication gap between English and Spanish speaking supervisors and co-workers.
The Course Work
The Microsoft Office courses include:
- Word: Creating and Modifying a Flyer, Research Papers, Business Letters, Mail Merge, Resumes, Newsletters, Reference Documents, Online Forms and Using Macros.
- Excel: Worksheets, Formulas, Financial Functions, Multiple Spreadsheets, Tables, Templates, PivotTables, Data Analysis, and User Interfaces.
- PowerPoint: Creating and Editing Presentations with Pictures, Shapes, SmartArt, WordArt, Charts, Tables, Slide Masters, Adding Media, and Delivering the Presentation.
- Outlook: Managing Email, Calendars, Contacts, Tasks and Customizing Outlook.
The Spanish for the Workplace course includes:
- Spanish Fundamentals: Greetings, Conversational Phrases, Survival Words, Numbers, Colors, Directions, Places, Questions, Time, Months & Seasons, Days, Dates, Family, Personal Characteristics, Likes and Dislikes.
- Spanish for the Workplace: Job Titles, Receptions, Basic Hiring, Job Application, Interview Questions, Supervisory Expressions, Job Expectations, Performance, Complaints, Warnings, Rules, Training, Safety Equipment, Schedules, Shifts, Payroll, Money Terms, Benefits, and Pay.
Additional Information
Tuition is $3,000 and provides 216 hours of training provided in an online, self-paced course. The course covers Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.