OPF:CVABPAC2 English for Tourism 2 - Course Information

CVABPAC2 English for Tourism 2

Extent and Intensity

0/3/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Růžena Dvořáčková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Glacová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martina Chylková (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marcela Neničková (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Department of Tourism and Leisure Activities – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: PhDr. Janusz Karpeta, Ph.D.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions:
The course can be enrolled after passing the course BPAC1 (Professional English for Tourism 1).

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Economy of Tourism (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)

Course objectives

Course objectives: The objective of the subject is to link to gained skills from the previous part and to deepen and enlarge the vocabulary with terminology from Tourism, active usage of grammatical structures, practising and developing skills of speaking, listening, reading and writing in Tourism based on authentic written materials and audio recordings on the level B2. Emphasis is put on precise interception of important information based on listening and conversational readiness to react at receiving booking and dealing with booking of trips, at solving complaints and problems and difficult situations. Emphasis is put on professional language preparation with proper using of the language from the point of suitability of the situation and at the same time to prepare students on solving professional problems in the foreign language.

Syllabus

• Content:
  1.Travel by Road and Rail
  2.Independent Travellers
  3.Tickets, Reservations and Insurance
  4.Travel Agency Documents
  5.Tourist Information
  6.Preparation of the Travel Agent
  7.Guiding
  8.Guiding Services
  9.Promotion and Marketing in Tourism
  10.Planning, Advertising and Offers of Services
  11.Developments in Tourism
  12.Tourism and Environment
  13.Revision
  

Literature

required literature
• Harding, K. Going International. English for Tourism. Oxford, 2009. ISBN 978-0-19-457400-6. info

recommended literature
• Bürger, J. Velký ekonomický slovník anglicko-český/ česko-anglický. Plzeň, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7238-639-0. info
• Jones, L. English for the Travel and Tourism Industry. Cambridge, 2005. ISBN 978-0521606592. info
• Jones, L. Welcome! Student's Book: English for the Travel and Tourism Industry. Cambridge, 2005. ISBN 978-0521606592. info

Teaching methods

Seminar classes

Assessment methods

Combined exam
EXAM

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Requirements on student:
The course is finished by the course-credit which the students will gain based on:
1/ 1 ongoing oral test
2/ 1 written ongoing test
3/ term work
4/ final written test.
Students have the possibility to gain up to 100 points as maximum, whereas to gain the course-credit they must achieve at least 60 points. Students who repeat this part of the language do not have the obligation of 60% attendance.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	51
Seminář	39
Zápočet	30
Summary	120

• Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2015, recent)
  
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