Training students to understand professional texts and to participate in basic written and oral communication.

Students will master grammatical structures of English, language skills, and professional terminology at A2-B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages; they will be able to use Internet resources in English, read and analyze authentic professional texts (e.g. tourism brochures, catalogues, reports); engage in communication and use professional terminology (see Course contents); they will develop basic written and oral communication skills (e.g. greetings, expressing agreement/disagreement, telephone communication skills, presentation of companies and products, etc.)

Theoretical lectures

1) Introductory lecture: How to learn a foreign language; 2/3) Tourism industry & jobs; 4/5) World destinations; 6/7) Tour operators; 8/9) Travel agencies; 10/11) Tourist motivations; 12/13 Transport in tourism; 14) Booking tickets & accommodation; 15) Revision

Walker, R.& K.Harding. (2011). Tourism 1. Oxford: OUP.

Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism (2005). London: A & C Black.