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 B2-C 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 write a CV and prepare for a job interview; 2/3) The impacts of tourism; 4/5) Built attractions; 6/7) Events management; 8/9) Social tourism; 10/11) Sustainable tourism; 12/13) Future trends in tourism; 14) Writing a CV; 15) Preparing for a job interview

Walker, R.& K.Harding. (2012). Tourism 3. Oxford: OUP.

Emmerson, P. (2007). Business English Handbook – Advanced. Oxford: Macmillan.

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