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English for Tourism (MTD & PST)
(Tourism Destination
Management & Business Systems in Tourism)
Welcome!
Class links:
(no longer updated)
I am pleased that you have chosen English for Tourism. You can find basic information about the course here and learn more during our first meeting in class.
We are going to meet in class every week. You are
expected to attend the classes regularly, engage in class activities
and participate in class discussions. You are also expected to do your
homework and fulfill course requirements in time. English for Tourism has an
e-classroom too. You can
find interesting links there, further
exercises, forums and detailed instructions for your homework and
portfolio. (Login instructions will be given in class.)
You are welcome to join me in the e-office (Govorilnica)
over a cup of coffee on the first Monday every month between 20.00 and
21.00 (I'll bring the snacks, you'll bring the coffee ;-) ). Of course you can
come and see me in person in my office too. I have regular office hours
every week. If you prefer to write to me by email, please note that
emails are for short messages only.
Reading is very important when we are learning a
foreign language. You can find links to interesting websites and places
where you can improve your English in my English for Tourism Blog. If you
would like to learn what is going on in the world of tourism, Tourism News is the website you
may
want
to visit. It contains table of contents of various newspaper
travel supplements, travel magazines and journals. The latest tourism
industry news can also be found there.
Course aims
This course aims to give students an opportunity to extend and activate their English: to develop their competence in listening, reading, speaking and writing in English, expand their tourism specific vocabulary as well as increase their fluency and confidence in using English in professional contexts.
A variety of topics are covered by the course including leisure and recreation, travellers and tourists, transport, tourist destinations, safety and travel insurance, travel agents, hotels, business travel, food experiences, cruising, tourism's impacts etc.
Course materials
Coursebook
- Šarolta Godnič Vičič. 2009. English for Savvy Travellers. UP Turistica.
Recommended literature
- Vince & Emmerson. First Certificate Language Practice. Macmillan
- Flower. First Certificate Organiser, Thomson Heinle, LTP
- Practice Tests for FCE. CUP / Longman / OUP
- McCarthy, O'Dell & Shaw. Vocabulary in Use. CUP
- any other grammar or vocabulary workbook on upper-intermediate level
- Riley. Check Your Vocabulary Hotels, Tourism and Catering. P. Collin
- Jacob & Strutt. English for international tourism. Longman
- Harding. Going international - English for tourism. OUP
Recommended magazines, travel
supplements of newspapers, trade
journals and tourism & hospitality related news (either in print or
online)
- National Geographic Traveler
- Conde Nast Traveler
- National
Geographic Adventure
- New York Times Travel
- Telegraph Travel
- Independent Travel
- Guardian Travel
- Times Online Travel
- USA Today Travel
- Observer
Escape
- Travel Mole
- Travel Weekly
- Travel
Weekly (UK)
- Hotel Online
- Travel
Agent Central
- Hospitality Review (available in Turistica's library)
Course requirements
- Attendance
- Portfolio
Examination
- Portfolio (20%) (Full-time students have to hand in their
portfolios by due date, part-time students have to bring their
portfolios to the written exam!)
- Written exam (40%) (Listening comprehension, reading
comprehension, language in use, writing)
- Oral exam (40%) (Discussion of portfolio exercises, tourism articles the student read during the year and a tourism realted topic).