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 B1-B2 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. presentation of companies and products, providing information to clients, writing reports and business letters, etc.)

Theoretical lectures

1) Introductory lecture: how to present a company & its products; 2/3) Arrivals; 4/5) Tourist information services; 6/7) Holiday (resort) representatives; 8/9) Short break tours; 10/11) Excursions; 12/13) Business tourism; 14) Rural tourism; 15) Revision

Walker, R.& K.Harding. (2012). Tourism 2. Oxford: OUP.

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