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 vocabulary; 2/3) Accommodation (types); 4/5) Marketing and promotion in tourism; 6/7) Holidays with a difference (niche tourism); 8/9) Reservations and sales; 10/11) The airline industry; 12/13) Airport arrivals & departures; 14) Cruises (historical & cultural); 15) Revision

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

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