Language for Specific Purposes: English for Tourism

Master's Programme in English Studies: Professional Applications & Intercultural Communication

Academic staff

Course code:

70483124

Type:

Compulsory – Professional Applications Itinerary (Module 3)

Approach to Education

Blended-learning (25%)

Term

Second

Classroom

Humanities Building II, classroom 13

Teaching period

29 February – 3 April 2024

Teaching times

Wednesdays 16.00 – 18.15

Thursdays 16.00 – 18.15

Teaching guide

Description

The course explores the following issues:

‣ The need to go in depth in a specific use of the English language: tourist sector

‣ Education and training of the students in the English language for a constanly evolving labour sector

‣ Addressing the needs and demands of the province's tourist sector

The course is divided into three thematics blocks:

Block I – Travel and Tourism

‣ Intercultural competence

‣ Planning trips: needs and special requirements

‣ Museums and tourist guides

Block II – English for hotels and restaurants

‣ Complaint handling

‣ Monetary affairs

‣ Describing places: hotels, restaurants, and tourist resorts

Block III – Working for the tourist industry

‣ How to write up a CV and draft job application letters

‣ Job interviews

English for Specific Purposes: English for Tourism