ATILIM UNIVERSITY
Department of Foreign Languages (DFL)
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND PRACTICE
Course Name
Online – Basic English for Tourism
Pre-requisite Courses
Language of the
Course
Course Type
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Mode of Delivery
(face to face, distance
learning)
Learning and
Teaching Strategies
Course Objective
Learning Objectives
Content of the Course
Code
Term
L+P
Hour
Credits
ECTS
MYİ-T
104
4
1
2
3
MYI 101, MYI 102
English
Compulsory
E-Atılım
Alper Ozmaden
None
Distance learning
Eclectic
The general aim is to help students gain field specific English of Tourism and
upgrade their knowledge of English in a professional context. The course is
designed for learners at pre-intermediate to intermediate level. It provides students
the general computing language skills required to express themselves in the
Tourism sector.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- exchange information about hotel jobs and duties.
- get information about the usage travel and tourism facilities,
- compare and contrast different travel types, food and holiday types
- read and follow instructions,
- match different ideas about the travel itineraries , travel types of and jobs in
tourism,
- ask and answer questions about accommodation, service food and beverages
- guess the meaning of unknown words from texts and answer the comprehension
questions,
- express ideas in a written format about any argument, related to hotel and tourism
management
- describe objects with correct usage of grammatical rules.
This course includes activities aiming to improve vocabulary, structure and
communicative skills before all else in their specialized area, tourism, at preintermediate level. These activities are about various themes such as types and
parts of hotels, travel and recreation words. Various subjects such as; careers in
tourism and catering and travel in order to make students be aware of working
environment in this field.
MYI-T104 English for Tourism 2012-2013 Spring Term Syllabus
Weeks/Topiks
Week 1:
Introduction to MYI 104
Orientation
Content
Chat hour, book and material introduction
Week 2:
Unit 6 Cruise Ships
Cabin Facilities
(Revision-) Present Perfect
Present Perfect
Language Focus on pages 127, 43, activity 10
–
Week 3:
Unit 7 Service and Safety
Text on page 7
Activities 3-4-5
Week 4:
Health and safety
Unit 7 Service and Safety
Check in a guest
Language focus: Modal verbs
Write a letter of apology
Modal verbs
Pages 128, 47-48,
Reading Text, page 49
Week 5:
Unit 8 East Meets West
Reading text pages 136-137
Exchange holiday plans
Week 6:
Describe traditional gifts
Unit 8 East Meets West
Vocabulary- Antonyms
Predictions and intentions
Predictions – page 128
Activities 6, 11 on page 54, 56, respectively
Week 7:
Unit 9 – Window Seat or Aisle?
Grammar: Modal verbs (obligation)
Language focus on page 60, activity 6
Air travel
Check in
Week 8:
Producing an information leaflet
Unit 9 – Window Seat or Aisle?
Modal Verbs-obligation
Cabin Crew training
Vocabulary: Pages 59, 62 Activities: 4,10
Mid-term
Week 9:
Unit 10 – Business or Pleasure?
Lead in 1-2-3, Reading text on page 65, activity 5
Hotel Facilities
Week 10:
Conference equipment
Unit 10 – Business or Pleasure?
Recommend places to visit
Language Focus, pages129, 66, activitysupplementary
Modal verbs: Can, could, and might
Consolidation
Lead in 1-2-3, Reading text on page 65, activity 5
Week 11:
Lead in 1, Reading text on page 75, activity
Unit 11 – The Great Outdoors
2
Lang focus on page 129, 76, practice 7
Geographical Features
Week 12:
Excursions
Unit 11 – The Great Outdoors
Exchange information on excursions
Vocab Activities 1, 10-11
Change a booking
Present tenses as future
Professional Practice on page 79
Week 13:
Unit 12 – Winter Holidays,
activities 1, 3, 5, on pages 80-81
Vocabulary Practice 2,6,14
Reading text, page 83, activity 9
Week 14:
Language Focus-The Passive, practice 10 on page 83
Unit 12 – Winter Holidays
Ski Equipment
Ski Resort jobs
Giving directions
Entertainment
Week 15:
Consolidation
Tenses
Modals
Passive
Vocabulary Study
Grammar: Giving instructions, The Passive
Grammar review
Vocabulary review
Final sınavı
Week 16:
Final Tekrar Sınavı
Course Book
Other sources
SOURCES
English for International Tourism, Course material (power point slides)
Englishpage.com, tureng.com, thefreedictionary.com, eslcafe.com
EVALUATION SYSTEM
IN-TERM STUDIES
Mid-term
Quiz / Assignment
Attendance
QUANTITY
1
1
PERCENTAGE
20
10
5
100
35
TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL
GRADE
TOTAL
65
100
Course Category
Supplementary Courses
Basic Occupational Courses
Expertise/Field Courses
Courses on Communication and Management Skills
Transferable Skills Courses
X
CORRELATION BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM
COMPETENCIES
No
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Program Competencies
1
Percentage
2
3 4
5
TABLE OF ECTS / WORKLOAD
Activities
QUANTITY
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)
Quizzes
Mid-terms
Final examination
Total Work Load
15
15
1
1
1
Total Work Load / 30
ECTS Credit of the Course
Duration
(Hour)
1
3
5
5
10
Total
Workload
15
45
5
10
10
85
2.8
3