English for the Hotel and Tourism Industry (3 cr)
Code: LUT6027-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.10.2022 - 31.10.2022
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 09.01.2023 - 28.04.2023
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Kielten ja viestinnän opetus (KVO)
- Campus
- Wärtsilä Campus Karjalankatu 3
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 60
- Teachers
- Liisa Sandvall
- Teacher in charge
- Liisa Sandvall
- Groups
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PRNS21Hospitality Management (BA), Tourism and Catering, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2021
- Course
- LUT6027
Evaluation scale
H-5
Objective
The student understands the signifigance of strengthening the English language skills to be an essential part of professional skills. The student can communicate orally and in written English also in demanding working life situations. The student can tell about working environment in tourism, for example about tourism enterprise management and business. The student can make a presentation and market local and national toursit attractions and discuss Finnish business life and culture. The student can seek literature related to tourism, understands the core content of it and is able to make a summary both orally and in writing.
Content
vocabulary in tourism and hospitality management, presenting a tourist enterprise and services, programme services, event organizing, knkow-how on North Karelia and Finland writing texts and documents in English, reporting and summarizing
Location and time
Spring term 2023
Teaching methods
Learning outcome:
The student
understands the significance of English in one's profession
widens the vocabulary in one's field of study
knows how to communicate both orally and in writing in more demanding situations at work
knows how to present various operating environments in tourism as business
knows how to present tourism targets, both domestic and foreign
knows how to present local attractions in tourism sector and about Finnish culture and business life
knows where to find information on one's field
is able to read articles in one's field and write a summary
is able to produce written report
Core contents:
presenting a company or service in tourism
information on North-Karelia and Finland
presenting a tourist attraction
written communication in working life
summary of an article
professional vocabulary
Student workload
Contact lessons 30h, assignments 30h, independent work 21h