IDENTIFYING DATA

2021_22

Subject (*)

ADVANCED ENGLISH

Code

21204114

Study programme

Bachelor's Degree in Tourism (2009)

Cycle

1st

Descriptors

Credits

Type

Year

Period

Compulsory

Third

Language

Anglès

Department

English and German Studies

Coordinator

RUEDA RAMOS, MARIA DEL CARMEN

E-mail

carmen.rueda@urv.cat

Lecturers

RUEDA RAMOS, MARIA DEL CARMEN

Web

http://moodle.urv.cat

General description and relevant information

<div></div><div><br /></div><p> The main aim of this course is to provide undergraduate students in Tourism Studies with the language skills that are necessary for their future careers. This course also aims to develop students’ ability to communicate effectively in English and interact in common professional situations. Students will practise the four main skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking) as they become familiar with specialized vocabulary and the conventions commonly used in the travel and tourism industry. Through a wide variety of tourism related topics and tasks, students will increase confidence in using English in different professional contexts. Course level: • At the end of the course, students will reach an upper intermediate level (B2) of the Common European Framework of Reference for languages (CEFR). • At the beginning of the course, students will take an “Online Placement Test” to test their English level. </p>
In this subject you only have the right to make the exam, because the degree you are studying is going to be extinguished. You have to take a look the timetable of the subject to know the exam's date. If you need an extraordinary exam session, you have to enrol for this, presenting an application to the secretariat of your campus or faculty.

Continguts

Topic	Sub-topic
UNIT 1 – TOURISM TODAY	-Changes in Tourism in the last 30 years. -Describing the current state of tourism: the geographies of tourism and leisure economies -Giving opinions. Agreeing and Disagreeing -Graphs and Charts. Adjectives in guide books and brochures to describe places and nouns used in adjectival form. -Future trends with statistics -Presenting the future of tourism. -Your CV -Expressing future prediction, asking and answering hypothetical questions.
UNIT 2 - E-TRAVEL and TOURISM WEBSITES	-Countable and Uncountable words -Email replies -Web words and collocations -Online purchases of travel products -The language of advertising and publicity
UNIT 3 – HOTEL BRANDING	-Making predictions -Degrees of certainty -Hotels of the future
UNIT 4 – SUSTAINABLE TOURISM	-Reporting verbs -Verb + Noun collocations -Ecotourism and eco-resorts -Describing the environmental impact of tourism -Sustainable tourism: concepts and definitions
UNIT 5 – QUALITY IN TOURISM	-Dealing with oral & written complaints: letters and e-mails -Responding to a complaint
UNIT 6 – HERITAGE AND TOUR GUIDES	-Talking about the past. -Describing a heritage site -Working as a tour guide -Guiding expressions
UNIT 7 – EVENT MANAGEMENT	-Hypothetical situations -Collocations with "event". Compounds -Understanding contracts -The job of event organizer. -Briefing and clarifying arrangements
UNIT 8 - CAREERS	-Dependent prepositions -Adjectives describing personality -Applying for a job -Interviews
UNIT 9 - CULINARY TOURISM AND ADVENTURE SPORTS	-Relative clauses -Describing food -Gastronomy -Review of modal verbs -Risk prevention -Dealing with crises -Types of risk
UNIT 9 - ORAL PRESENTATION	Describe the variety of ways in which people can travel -Explain the disadvantages of different types of travel. -Describe the different types of travelers and tourists and explain their reasons for travelling. -Describe and explain the range of needs that different types of travelers and tourists may have. -Describe the facilities that different types of accommodation may offer (e.g. hotels, hostels, campsites, etc.) -Describe the range of holiday types that are available (e.g. package holidays, cruises, skiing holidays, etc.) -Describe the different job roles that occur in the hotel, catering, airline, ground transport and tourism industries. -Explain the skills, qualities and qualifications needed to work in those roles.

Atenció personalitzada

Description

In case of any question, contact also the course coordinator via email (carmen.rueda@urv.cat).

Avaluació

Other comments and second exam session

In case a student applies for an extraordinari call ("convocatòria extraordinària"), he/she will have to contact also the course coordinator via email (carmen.rueda@urv.cat).

Fonts d'informació

Basic	Strutt, Peter, English for International Tourism (New Edition), 2014, Person Walker, R and Harding, K, Oxford English for Careers: Tourism 3, 2009, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press Stott, T. and R. Holt, First Class. English for Tourism, 2002, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press Johnston, R. J., Geography and Geographers: Anglo-American Human Geography Since 1945 , 5th ed., 1997, New York: E. Arnold Harding, K. , Going International. English for Tourism, 1998, Oxford: Oxford Harding, K. and P. Henderson, High Season, 2002, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Pres Crowther, J. (ed.) , Oxford Guide to British and American Culture, 1999, Oxford: Oxford Unv. Press Jones, L., Welcome! English for the Travel and Tourism Industry, (1998) 2005, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press

Complementary	Thomson, A.J. and Martinet, A.V., A Practical English Grammar, 1989, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press Bowen, T. , Build your English Grammar, 1997, L.T.P. Bowen, T. , Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary, 1992, London: Collins , 1992 , London: Collins Ian Douglas, Richard Huggett, and Mike Robinson, Companion Encyclopedia of Geography: The Environment and Humankind, 1996, London; New York: Routledge Alcaraz, E., Diccionario de términos turísticos y de ocio, 2000, Barcelona: Ariel Mayhew, Susan , Dictionary of Geography, 2nd ed., 1997, Oxford; New York Murphy, R. , Essential Grammar in Use, 1990, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Tuck, A. , The Oxford Dictionary of Business English for Learners of English, 1993, Oxford; Oxford Univ. Press

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