English for Tourism and Hospitality in Higher Education Studies: Course Book and Audio CDs (English for Specific Academic Purposes): 1 - Softcover

Hans Mol

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1859649424 ISBN 13: 9781859649428

Publisher: Garnet Education, 2008

Synopsis

English for Tourism and Hospitality in Higher Education Studies English for Tourism and Hospitality is a skills-based course designed specifically for students of tourism and hospitality who are about to enter English-medium tertiary level studies. It provides carefully graded practice and progressions in the key academic skills that all students need, such as listening to lectures and speaking in seminars. It also equips students with the specialist language they need to participate successfully within a tourism and hospitality faculty. Extensive listening exercises come from tourism and hospitality lectures, and all reading texts are taken from the same field of study. There is also a focus throughout on the key tourism and hospitality vocabulary that students will need. - Listening: how to understand and take effective notes on extended lectures, including how to follow the argument and identify the speaker's point of view. - Speaking: how to participate effectively in a variety of realistic situations, from seminars to presentations, including how to develop an argument and use stance markers. - Reading: how to understand a wide range of texts, from academic textbooks to Internet articles, including how to analyze complex sentences and identify such things as the writer's stance. - Writing: how to produce coherent and well-structured assignments, including such skills as paraphrasing and the use of the appropriate academic phrases. - Vocabulary: a wide range of activities to develop students' knowledge and use of key vocabulary, both in the field of tourism and hospitality and of academic study in general. - Vocabulary and Skills banks: a reference source to provide students with revision of the key words and phrases and skills presented in each unit. - Full transcripts of all listening exercises. The Garnet English for Specific Academic Purposes series covers a range of academic subjects. All titles present the same skills and vocabulary points. Teachers can therefore deal with a range of ESAP courses at the same time, knowing that each subject title will focus on the same key skills and follow the same structure. Key Features - Systematic approach to developing academic skills through relevant content. - Focus on receptive skills (reading and listening) to activate productive skills (writing and speaking) in subject area. - Eight-page units combine language and academic skills teaching. - Vocabulary and academic skills bank in each unit for reference and revision. - Audio CDs for further self-study or homework. -Ideal coursework for EAP teachers. Contents: Unit 1: What is tourism? Unit 2: What's your kind of tourism? Unit 3: Hospitality research Unit 4: Careers in tourism and hospitality Unit 5: Tourism marketing Unit 6: The business of events tourism Unit 7: The business of fun Unit 8: Hospitality marketing Unit 9: Tourism and culture Unit 10: Managing people and money Unit 11: External influences Unit 12: Information, strategy and change

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Review:

Tourism is extremely well covered, with topics including marketing, hospitality and culture. The vocabulary is highly appropriate, with a vast range of academic skills --EL Gazette, July 2009

English for Tourism and Hospitality in Higher Education Studies - Course Book is a student's book which targets students intending to pursue a course in tourism and hospitality. These students should have completed general EAP courses or at least Level 3 of an EAP course such as Skills in English (Garnet Education) or have achieved an IELTS level of at least Band 5. This Course Book comes with two CDs and is part of the Garnet English for Specific Purposes series. It comprises twelve graded and skills-based units. Each unit is divided into four integrated lessons as inputs, with writing and oral skills as expected outputs. For example, in each unit, Lesson 1 is on discipline-specific vocabulary and vocabulary development skills such as word-building, using affixes and synonyms for summarising and paraphrasing purposes. Lesson 2 focuses on developing reading or listening skills, while Lesson 3 is an extension of reading and listening skills developed into writing assignments in later units. Lesson 4 is a further extension of reading or listening skills presented in Lesson 2 with further practice tasks for written or oral skills. At the end of each unit is a Vocabulary and Skills Bank which serves as a content summary. The accompanying material is visually attractive. On the cover page are two images of a hotel reception and a hotel lounge, portraying a warm ambience. The words 'English for' are black and in smaller font, while 'TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY' are all white, capital letters in bigger fonts and 'in Higher Education Studies' are in white but smaller fonts, all set out strikingly against the brownish background colour. Each unit in turn is accompanied by interesting, colourful pictures, relevant charts, diagrams and exercises related to the unit's topic and content. This 132-page course book is also user-friendly. In the front section are the author's Introduction and a Book Map (instead of the usual Contents page) explaining what each units entails. For example, Unit 6 includes: - Content: The business of events tourism - reading and writing - Topics: types of event: festivals, conventions, concerts etc, the life cycle of an event, the management of complex events - Vocabulary focus: synonyms, replacement subjects etc for sentence-level paraphrasing - Skills focus: reading - locating key information in complex sentences, writing - writing complex sentences, reporting findings from other sources The end section includes additional material such as 'symbols and abbreviations for notes', 'sample student notes', 'role cards', 'model Cornell notes' 'wordlist with essential words related to tourism and hospitality from each unit' and 'transcripts of lectures used for listening exercises for Units 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11'. This course book not only provides graded activities to measure understanding and progress of students, but also gives students the opportunity to apply their skills and knowledge as output tasks. For example, each unit provides 4-6 hours of classroom input and activity with a possible further 2-4 hours of extra practice tasks. Each unit has an 'Extending skills' component that gives students practice in summarising, paraphrasing and also using the Internet to research and write reports on topics related to the particular unit. Overall, the author's rationale for the use of the book and the way each unit is set out clearly matches the contents in all twelve units. Because the key content of each unit is the development of all four language skills related to English-medium tertiary level studies (specifically tourism and hospitality) in addition to raising cultural awareness, this course book is well-suited for both teachers and students. It will be invaluable as a resource for teachers involved in teaching English for academic and specific purposes. --TESOLANZ Newsletter, July 2008

This course book is designed to be used in higher education. Each of the twelve units is divided into four lessons. Tourism is extremely well covered, with topics including marketing, eco-tourism, hospitality and culture. The vocabulary is highly appropriate. The book includes a vast range of academic study skills, such as listening to lectures, note-taking and essay planning, and this focus on EAP is seamlessly integrated into the material. The layout is clear, with good photographs, pictures and diagrams. The writer and publisher have succeeded in providing stimulating material, supported by an extensive teacher's book. This contains an activity bank of useful photocopiable worksheets. Worth investigation --EL Gazette, Issue 348, January 2009

About the Author:

Hans Mol has worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, director of studies, producer, project coordinator, editor and author in and for countries such as Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Indonesia and Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Garnet Education
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1859649424
• ISBN 13: 9781859649428
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132