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Four-unit ESP tourism course pairing B2 language content with intercultural dimensions and terminal role-play simulations

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Description

The course design divides a three-month course into four profession-oriented units, each following the same two-phase structure. As printed: "divided into 4 units, all related to the tourism sector and covering B2 speci fic language content in ESP, designed to prepare students for their internship in different areas, namely hotel receptionist, event planner, tourist guide and tourism consultant, and two intercultural dimensions". Each unit had 12 fifty-minute sessions: 8 for phase 1 steps and 4 for active experimentation in class or SL, ending in role-plays with clients or users from other cultures.

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Context

Requirements

  • Each unit must end in an active-experimentation role-play task performed with interlocutors from other cultures
  • Clear task guidelines must be provided before SL sessions

Constraints

  • Designed for the Tourism and Hospitality Management degree syllabus (English Language III) at one Spanish university

Target Learners

  • third-year undergraduate tourism students with B1+ English

Learning Goals

  • B2 ESP language for hospitality professions
  • diversity awareness and multicultural acceptance

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Key Sources

  • Mercedes Rico García and Paula Ferreira da Silva. (2017). Acquisition of Language and Intercultural Competences in Tourism and Hospitality Studies through Active Experimentation in Second Life. Teaching English with Technology, 18(2), 69-92. http://www.tewtjournal.org
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id esp-tourism-four-unit-roleplay-design
title Four-unit ESP tourism course pairing B2 language content with intercultural dimensions and terminal role-play simulations
description The course design divides a three-month course into four profession-oriented units, each following the same two-phase structure.
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