LINGUA INGLESE

The course aims at providing tools to consolidate English language skills, with particular reference to the main field of the degree course, promoting a systematic reflection on the relationship between English language and Tourism sector.

The proposed activities will develop:
1) Knowledge and understanding - The consolidation of the four basic linguistic skills is the main aim of this course, in order to reach an intermediate level competence (B1 - CEFR). For this reason, the syntactic and morphological aspects of English language will be analyzed, with regard to phonetics, as well as the uses of English in tourism and business fields, in light of the objectives of the degree course.

2) Applying knowledge and understanding - Students will be able to apply acquired knowledge and to converse fluently, with lexical precision and syntactic correctness, on specific issues concerning the professional tourism field.

3) Making judgments - Linguistic competence is the basis for a practical use of microlanguage in future professional fields beyond national borders, in a trans-and international perspective.

4) Communication skills - These skills will allow students to operate at an international level with appropriate tools, knowledge and skills required by the job market, with a prevalent reference to the
economic sector.

5) Learning skills - The course aims to develop students' self-learning skills.

Lectures with the use of handouts and slides; written and oral exercises, with group and individual tests; case studies analysis.

MODULE I - General English and English for Tourism (communication)

Contrastive analysis of basic grammar thanks to exercises that will be done during the lessons of Prof. Anita Di Nuzzo.

The general English course for the Degree in Tourism Studies is a B1 level course, with an aim to consolidating basic structures and lexis, introducing those elements which characterize competence at a B1 level. 54 hours are dedicated to the general language course in face to face lessons in the classroom and a significant number of hours of individual study are necessary, using resources which will be given to students as the course procedes, in order to successfully reach level B1.

The general English course for the Degree in Tourism Studies is a B1 level course, with an aim to consolidating basic structures and lexis, introducing those elements which characterize competence at a B1 level. 54 hours are dedicated to the general language course in face to face lessons in the classroom and a significant number of hours of individual study are necessary, using resources which will be given to students as the course procedes, in order to successfully reach level B1.

These classes also focus on developing listening and speaking skills, providing opportunities to practice individually and in groups. Lexis and idioms used in the tourism sector are presented to students along with grammatical and structural elements and liguistic conventions for the Tourism sector, providing the opportunity to create tourism promotional materials, as brochures.

The first year general language programme includes a broadening of the student’s knowledge of spelling, linking this skill to developing more accurate pronunciation and listening skills in order to improve student’s ability to understand the relationships between words, better understand individual words and also deduce the meaning of unknown words.

MODULE II - English for Tourism (key concepts and vocabulary)

The aim is to provide students with tools to understand the contents of English for Tourism and the related terminology. This module focuses on the micro-language and on specific technical materials of the fields of tourism and economics, in order to underline contrasts and, at the same time, syntactical and lexical similarities of several typologies of texts.

The following topics will be discussed:

1) Tourism Industry;

2) World destinations and reasons for travelling;

3) Tour operators and Travel agents;

4) Business Topics (eg. Marketing and Promotion; Chain and Channels of Distribution);

5) Transport in tourism;

6) Accommodation;

7) Holidays with a difference;

8) Reservations and sales;

9) Tourist information services;

10) Promotional strategies: perspective vs perception; the Tourist Gaze.

R. Walker, K. Harding, Oxford English for Careers – Tourism 1, Oxford;

R. Walker, K. Harding, Oxford English for Careers – Tourism 2, Oxford (chapters 1-2-3-12);

Additional materials will be given to students as the course procedes. They will be downloaded thanks to STUDIUM.