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UNIDAD ACADÉMICA: ESCUELA UNIVERSITARIA DE TURISMO

CARRERA LICENCIATURA EN TURISMO

CATEDRA: I N G L É S IV Año Modalidad Plan Créditos
4° Presencial 2000 4(cuatro)

EQUIPO DOCENTE:

PROFESOR CATEGORÍA
PROF. NELDA NANCY DÍAZ ADJUNTO A CARGO

FUNDAMENTOS DE LA ASIGNATURA (1):

This subject is essential to the development and improvement of the four skills of the language,
as well as the increase of specific vocabulary of Tourism.

OBJETIVOS (2):

To enable students to express themselves fluently, using acceptable pronunciation, intonation,

sentence structure, and vocabulary.
To express them in the written way using the language and grammar structures correctly.
To use idiomatic expressions and technical vocabulary properly.
To stimulate them to give their own opinions and participate in discussions and debates.
To expose them to a variety of challenging and interesting text types in the listening and reading
activities.
To expand their expressive and comprehensive skills by enlarging vocabulary and selecting vital
information.
To help them to improve the language skills they will need in real life.

CONTENIDOS (3):

I.I: GET THE MESSAGE

 GRAMMAR: Countable and uncountable nouns
 VOCABULARY: Advertising and publicity. Web words. Collocations
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Maintaining a website
 CASE STUDY: Improve a media profile
I-II: HOTEL BRANDING CAREER IN TOURISM
 GRAMMAR: Making predictions – degrees of certainty
 VOCABULARY: Brands and branding Boutique hotels Hotels of the future
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Creating a business plan

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 CASE STUDY: Invest in a hotel

UNIT II
II- I: SUSTAINABILITY
 GRAMMAR: Reporting verbs
 VOCABULARY: Tourism and community Ecotourism Verb + noun collocations
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Chairing a meeting
 CASE STUDY: Develop an eco-resort
II.II: COME FLY WITH ME
 GRAMMAR: The passive
 VOCABULARY: Airport facilities Airport security procedures
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Dealing with difficult situations
 CASE STUDY: Develop airport infrastructure
UNIT III
III- I: HERITAGE.
 GRAMMAR: Talking about the past
 VOCABULARY: Describing a heritage site. Architecture. Guiding expressions
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Working as a tour guide
 CASE STUDY: Design a museum exhibition
III.II: MANAGING EVENTS
 GRAMMAR: Hypothetical situations
 VOCABULARY: Collocations with event. Event management. Contracts.
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Understanding contracts
 CASE STUDY: Make a festival profitable
UNIT IV
IV.I: CAREER
 GRAMMAR: Dependent prepositions
 VOCABULARY: Careers Applying for a job. Remuneration. Adjectives describing
personality
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Interviews.
 CASE STUDY: Recruit the right person.
IV.II: GASTRONOMY.
 GRAMMAR: Relative clauses
 VOCABULARY: Food Culinary tourism Describing food
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Giving feedback
 CASE STUDY: Plan a new itinerary
UNIT V
V.I: RISK
 GRAMMAR: Modal verbs
 VOCABULARY: Types of risk Risk prevention Adventure sports
 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS: Dealing with crises
 CASE STUDY: Game: The Olympic Game
VI.II: SELECTING LOCATIONS.
 Setting: Hotels, trade fairs, tour operators.
 Language: conjunctions. Vocabulary: formal and informal language. Writing a report.

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METODOLOGÍA (4):

Oral and written activities, in pairs or groups, will take place. Activities such as listening
comprehension, role-playing, debates and discussions, researching for projects, etc. will also be
performed by the students.

EVALUACIÓN Y CONDICIONES PARA OBTENER LA REGULARIDAD (5):

CRITERIOS:
The students have:
 To show they understand the different texts and the vocabulary.
 To express themselves fluently, using acceptable pronunciation, intonation, sentence structure,
and vocabulary.
 To be able to express their opinions on the topics describes in the syllabus.
 To express them in the written way using the language and grammar structures correctly.
 To participate actively in class.
INSTRUMENTOS:
 Retelling of articles related to Tourism as well as the research results of different assignments.
 Written and Oral Practice papers.
 Preparing and giving presentations about specific topics.
 Roleplaying situations spontaneously.
 Active participation in class will be evaluated.
CONDICIONES PARA OBTENER LA REGULARIDAD Y/O PROMOCIONALIDAD
 Attendance: 80 % of given classes.
 Punctuality.
 Practice Papers: 60% of oral and written practice tests.
 To pass the Mid term or re-sit exam.
Passing mark: 60% = 4 (tour)

RECURSOS DIDÁCTICOS (6):

Textbook, selected material from other books, CDs, CD player, flashcards, pictures, , multimedia
projector, board, photocopies, educational platform: EDMODO.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA :

BIBLIOGRAFÍA BÁSICA
TITULO AUTOR EDITORIAL LUGAR Y AÑO
DE EDICION
"English for International Jacob, Miriam y Strutt, PEARSON Inglaterra, 2013
Tourism"- Upper Peter.
intermediate level,
student's book AND
WORKBOOK- New edition
"English for International Jacob, Miriam y Strutt, Longman España, 2003
Tourism"- Upper Peter.

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intermediate level,
student's book.
"English for International Jacob, Miriam y Strutt, Longman España, 2003
Tourism"- Upper Peter.
intermediate level,
workbook.
"First Certificate Language VINCE, Michael Heinemann England, 1996.
Practice"
"Tourism" MCBURNEY, Neil. Prentice hall England, 1999.
" Grammar Way 4" EVANS, Virginia and Express Publishing. England, 2000.
DOOLEY, Jenny.

BIBLIOGRAFÍA COMPLEMENTARIA
LUGAR Y AÑO
TITULO AUTOR EDITORIAL DE EDICION
Welcome JONES, Leo. Cambridge University England, 1998
Press.
"Round up 6" English EVANS, Virginia Longman. Spain, 1999.
Grammar Practice.
"Practising Grammar BLUNDELL, Jon. Longman. China, 1995
Workbook 3"
Longman Dictionary of - Longman. England, 1992
Contemporary English.

CONSULTA DE ALUMNOS (7):

Tiempo Responsables Modalidad (presencial y/o virtual)

ACTIVIDADES EXTRAORDINARIAS DE LA CATEDRA (8):

Título Propósitos/objetivos Duración de la Actividad Equipo de trabajo

OBSERVACIONES:

Salta, 06 de Abril de 2018. __________________

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