Teaching English for Tourism: Bridging Research and Praxis

ISBN-13: 9781032091457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

Michael Ennis; Gina Petrie

Opis

This edited volume brings together teachers and researchers of English for Tourism (EfT) from diverse national and institutional contexts in order to initiate a sustained academic discourse on the teaching of EfT.

Spis treści

List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I. English for Tourism: Theories and Concepts; 1. What is "English for Tourism"? A "Grounded Review" of Textbooks and Secondary Literature; 2. Exploring Stakeholders’ Language Desires in English for Tourism: An Argument for Uniqueness; 3. The Politics of Englishes for Tourism: A World Englishes Perspective; Part II. Teaching English for Tourism: From Theory to Praxis; 4. The Changing Nature of Tourism Discourse: Practical Applications for the Classroom; 5. English for Tourism in the Non-Native English Classroom: Machine Translation and Corpora; 6. "Cultural languaging" in English for Tourism: Integrated Learning of Language and Intercultural Skills in Tourism Education; 7. The International Non-Work Experience and the Development of Students’ Language Skills and Cultural Intelligence in an English for Tourism Purpose Course; 8. Integrating Tourism Writing in ESP University Contexts: A Case of Cross-cultural Cooperation; 9. Teaching and Assessing Academic Writing for Tourism Studies: An Example of Reflective Practice from the Field; Selected Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Michael Joseph Ennis is the Didactic and Scientific Coordinator for the English Language at the Language Centre of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

Gina Mikel Petrie is an Associate Professor and Coordinator for the English as a Second Language program at Eastern Washington University, USA.