English for the Hotel and Tourism Industry (3 cr)

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