Degree | Type | Year |
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2500894 Tourism | OB | 2 |
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There are no specific requirements. However,
The main objective of the second course is to continue enabling students to consolidate and widen their range of knowledge, including English pertinent to the tourism sector and of a more general nature so that they can accredit a B2 level at the end of their studies if they are studying the Tourism degree, and a C1 if they are studying Tourism in English.
During this second course students should further develop the capacity to:
Skills
1. DEGREE IN TOURISM: The students who are studying the Degree in Tourism will have to accredit a B2 level by the end of their studies.
2. TOURISM DEGREE IN ENGLISH: The students who are studying the Tourism Degree in English will have to accredit a C1 level by the end of their studies.
1. CONTENTS FOR THE DEGREE IN TOURISM
Linguistic functions
Grammar
Lexical content
Writing
2. CONTENTS FOR THE TOURISM DEGREE IN ENGLISH
General thematic areas
Language functions
Grammar
Lexis
Lexical areas
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classes | 56.5 | 2.26 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Non class-based | 56 | 2.24 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Tutorials | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 3 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Activities | 10 | 0.4 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
Theory | 9 | 0.36 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Language of instruction
Tourism in Spanish/Catalan: English
Tourism in English: English
The teaching methodology prioritises the students’ learning process over theoretical presentations by the teacher. Input is provided from both graded and authentic materials and the students are encouraged to engage with the material through guided practice in all four skills, with freer interactive and communicative activities to advance oral communication skills.
The teacher will use one or more of the following methodologies depending on which he or she considers to be most suitable for the material and the students in each session.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attitude and participation | 10% | 0 | 0 | 2, 5, 6, 7 |
Final Project | 14% | 5 | 0.2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Final exam | 40% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2, 5, 7 |
Mid-term test | 12% | 1 | 0.04 | 2, 5, 6, 7 |
Writing and Speaking activities | 24% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Continuous Assessment
For the continuous assessment, a minimum attendance of 80% is required.
Continuous Assessment Activities
Compositions: Between 3 and 5 compositions are done. The teacher may request revisions of these compositions (the correction of the original composition by the student) if desired.
Final Project: A project will be done that can assess the four language skills. The project will be carried out in class and also as independent work by the student.
Oral Activities: Throughout the course, at least one oral activity is performed, and at most two. This activity can be individual or in a group, in person or recorded. The oral activities, depending on the level and the number of students per class, can be monologues, dialogues, presentations, etc.
Partial Tests: Mid-course and using the days provided by the center for exams, one or several partial tests are conducted, which can be a written expression test (one or two tasks) and/or an oral expression test. These tests should be in a format similar to the final exam tests.
Attitude and Participation: The effort, attitude, and participation of the students are evaluated.
Final Continuous Assessment Test: Assesses written and oral expression.
Weight of continuous assessment without the final test: 60% of the final grade. Weight of the final continuous assessment test: 40% of the final grade. The course is passed if a global 60% is obtained.
Single Assessment
If the student does not follow the continuous assessment, they have the right to take a final single assessment exam that incorporates the two productive skills (written expression and oral expression). To access the single assessment, a request must be made to academic management at the beginning of the semester (September). The application periods are established according to the UAB administrative calendar. It will not be possible to request the Single Assessment outside these periods or informally to the teacher.
A minimum total score of 60% is required to pass the exam and, therefore, the course. The final grade in SIGMA will be the exam grade out of 10.
Re-evaluation:
Students who have not passed the continuous assessment or the single assessment will have the right to re-evaluation as long as they score above 3.5 on the final grade. The re-evaluation will consist of a written expression test (one or two tasks) and an oral expression test.
The student must score at least 6, and the final grade for the course in SIGMA will be the exam grade out of 10.
The grade for the subject will be NOT EVALUABLE when the student attends less than half of the assessment activities and/or does not attend the final exam.
Coursebook
English for Tourism
English for International Tourism Upper Intermediate (Pearson) Peter Strutt.
Highly Recommended (Oxford) Trish Scott and Alison Pohl.
Dictionary
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com (with pronunciation)
Grammar explanations
Practical English Usage Online (highly recommended)
My Grammar Lab Intermediate and Advanced
https://www.pearsonelt.com/tools/digital/my-grammar-lab.html
Grammar
http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/
http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/
Vocabulary
https://elt.oup.com/student/oefc/tourism2/?cc=global&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
https://elt.oup.com/student/oefc/tourism3/?cc=global&selLanguage=en&mode=hub
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/t-glossary.html
http://www.englishformyjob.com/ell_hotelindustry.html
http://www.englishformyjob.com/ell_traveltourism.html
Listening and reading
https://es.englishcentral.com/videos
https://es.lyricstraining.com/
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/
British English:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/
https://www.youtube.com/user/bbclearningenglish
https://www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia/
https://www.voicetube.com/channel/bbc/5
http://bbcworldservice.radio.net/
American English:
http://learningenglish.voanews.com/
Australian English:
http://www.australiaplus.com/international/learn-english-video-courses/
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/learn-english
Writing
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/sitemap/
Exam preparation
http://wuster.uab.es/ctestpractice/
Tourism themes
https://www.ted.com/talks/aziz_abu_sarah_for_more_tolerance_we_need_more_tourism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLRanIhp2jg
http://www.crctourism.com.au/Page/Home.aspx
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/eco-tour.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
https://victoriastraveladventures.com/tag/niche-tourism/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_5eKX1vvOg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdsVzspgTl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CbcZbVvJ6s
http://culturalheritagetourism.org/
http://www.englishformyjob.com/ell_hotelindustry.html
http://www.englishformyjob.com/ell_traveltourism.html
http://www.englishformyjob.com/ell_politeness.html
http://www.englishformyjob.com/english-for-flight-attendants2.html
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Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(TE) Theory | 1 | English | annual | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 2 | English | annual | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 3 | English | annual | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 4 | English | annual | morning-mixed |