Publication in the Diário da República: Aviso nº 11808/2022 - 09/06/2022 + Retificação Despacho n.º 9545/2022 de 03/08/2022
4 ECTS; 1º Ano, 1º Semestre, 28,0 PL + 28,0 TP + 14,0 OT , Cód. 61257.
Lecturer
- Paula Cristina Ferreira Gomes (2)
- Marta Margarida Santos Dionísio (1)(2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
NA
Objectives
Students should be able to:
- recognize and appropriately apply the specific vocabulary in the area of tourism management;
- apply a set of linguistic and sociocultural skills in specific communicative situations;
- use interpretation and textual production skills correctly in accordance with structural and grammatical rules;
- communicate fluently and reproduce real context situations.
Program
A - Thematic contents
1- Tourism and Tourism Management - contextualization
a) Todays tourism
2 - Tourism Operations Management
a) Travel operators
b) E-travel
c) Tourist Motivations
d) Reservations and Sales
3 - Hotels and Restaurants
a) Staff
b) Reservations
c) Check in/Check out
4 - Tourist Destinations
a) Marketing and promotion
b) Attractions and events
c) Demand and supply
5 - Specialized Tourism
a) Sustainable Tourism
b) Social Tourism
c) New forms of tourism
B - Grammatical Contents
1. Articles and determinants
2. Adjectives and adverbs
3. Prepositions
4. Verb tenses
5. Conditionals
6. Reported speech
7. Passive voice
Evaluation Methodology
* Continuous assessment (covers all students except those covered by other legal statutes.)
A written test - minimum grade 8 values - (50%)
A written assignment with oral presentation (30%);
Continuous assessment: participation in classes in the written and oral components/practical work carried out in the classroom context (20%).
All evaluation objects are mandatory. In the absence of any of them, the student is automatically admitted to the exam.
* Working Students:
A written test - minimum grade 8 values - (70%)
A written assignment with oral presentation (30%)
* Exams
A written test - minimum grade 8 values - (70%)
A written assignment with oral presentation - (30%)
Students are approved if they obtain a higher classification above 10, according to the weights assigned to all assessment objects.
Bibliography
- Evans, V. e Dooley, J. e Garza, V. (2011). Career Paths Hotels & Catering. Berkshire : Express Publishing
- Evans, V. e Dooley, J. e Garza, V. (2011). Career Paths Tourism. Berkshire : Express Publishing
- Evans, V. e Dooley, J. (2018). On Screen B1+. Berkshire : Express Publishing
- Walker, R. e Harding, K. (2010). Oxford English for Careers - Tourism 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Teaching Method
Student-centered communicative methodology, using authentic documents and developing communicative skills close to the professional context through reading, listening, speaking and written production activities.
Software used in class
NA
