Trường Trung cấp Vạn Tường CỘNG HÒA XÃ HỘI CHỦ NGHĨA VIỆT NAM SYLLABUS FOR THE COURSE OF ENGLISH FOR TOURISM TEXT BOOK: FIRST CLASS – Oxford University Express MATERIAL: VIETNAM TOURISM
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SYLLABUS FOR THE COURSE OF ENGLISH FOR TOURISM
TEXT BOOK: FIRST CLASS – Oxford University Express
MATERIAL: VIETNAM TOURISM GOLDEN SITE – Culture and Information Publishing House
Duration: 75 periods (15 classes)
1 People in Tourism
- Vocabulary: Finding out about people working in tourism
- Listening: skimming for specific information
- Writing: A job description
- Grammar review: Present simple for facts and habits
Present Continuous for temporary activities
2 Reservation ( flight/ hotel room/ seat/ restaurant/ …) and Method of Payment
- Request: Can…? / Could ….? / Would….?
- Dealing with reservation
- Days and dates
- Dealing with different method of payments
3 Changes and Cancellations
- Wh Questions for future arrangement
- Making alteration to flight booking
- Asking for and giving factual information
- Writing letter explaining cancellation charges
4 Travel Requirements
- Degree of obligation: Must / have to …
- Informing customers about travel requirements
- Transferring information from a letter to a form
- Writing a letter of confirmation
- Test 45 minutes (1):
5 Asking and Giving Directions
- Expression to ask for directions
- Imperatives in instructions: preposition of place and movement
Trang 2- Understanding and Giving directions on a map and in an airport building
- Reading for specific details
- Talking about service and facilities
6 Tourist Information
- Giving advice and making suggestion: Should … / Ought to …
- Offering advice to tourists
- Listening for specific information
- Reading and writing promotional material
7 Presentation: Being a Tour Guide 1
(Materials from “Vietnam Discovery” and “Vietnam Tourism Golden Site” )
Students work in group and present their previous prepared task as a Vietnam Tourism Destination in front of class
Encourage sts make presentation by Microsoft Power Point
Suggested places: in the Southern area and Mekong dental ( From Da Nang back to the South)
Allowed duration: about 15 – 20 minutes for each group
8 Hotel Facilities
- Grammar: Comparatives and Superlatives
- Comparing hotel facilities
- Listening for hotel facilities
- Writing brochure descriptions of hotel services
- Visiting hotel as a tour company representative
9 Checking in and Checking out
- Receiving guests
- Reading and talking about features / amenities of hotel industry
- Promoting your country hotel industry
- Checking out the hotel and paying the price
10 Complaints
- Expression used when complaining and apologizing
- Tenses revision
- Dealing with complaints
- Building dialogues
- Guidance on replying to letters of complaint
Trang 311 Itineraries (plan for a journey)
- Talking about experiences
- Grammar: Present perfect contracted with past simple
- Dealing with enquiries about itineraries
- Planning and writing personal itineraries
- Controlled dialogues building
12 Job interview (2)
- Talking about parts of job interview
- Reading some samples of application letters
- Writing letters of application
- Writing a C.V
13 Job interview (2)
- Discussion on the future of the tourist industry
- Test 45 minutes (2): option
1 Writing personal itineraries
2 Writing letters of application
3 Writing letters explaining cancellation charges
4 Writing letters of confirmation
14 Presentation: Being a tour guide 2
(Materials from “Vietnam Discovery” and “Vietnam Tourism Golden Site” )
Students work in group and present their previous prepared task as a Vietnam Tourism Destination in front of class
Encourage sts make presentation by Microsoft Power Point
Suggested places: From Da Nang to the North)
Allowed duration: about 15 – 20 minutes for each group
Note: Being a tour guide 1 + 2, sts work in group but get mark individually
15 Performing Learnt Points and Review the Course for Final Test.
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