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Klappentext A faculty-specific series for students in higher education. "Tourism is extremely well covered, with topics including marketing, hospitality and culture. The vocabulary is highly appropriate, with a vast range of academic skills." EL Gazette, July 2009 "English for Tourism and Hospitality in Higher Education Studies - Course Book is a student's book which targets students intending to pursue a course in tourism and hospitality. These students should have completed general EAP courses or at least Level 3 of an EAP course such as Skills in English (Garnet Education) or have achieved an IELTS level of at least Band 5. This Course Book comes with two CDs and is part of the Garnet English for Specific Purposes series. It comprises twelve graded and skills-based units. Each unit is divided into four integrated lessons as inputs, with writing and oral skills as expected outputs. For example, in each unit, Lesson 1 is on discipline-specific vocabulary and vocabulary development skills such as word-building, using affixes and synonyms for summarising and paraphrasing purposes. Lesson 2 focuses on developing reading or listening skills, while Lesson 3 is an extension of reading and listening skills developed into writing assignments in later units. Lesson 4 is a further extension of reading or listening skills presented in Lesson 2 with further practice tasks for written or oral skills. At the end of each unit is a Vocabulary and Skills Bank which serves as a content summary. The accompanying material is visually attractive. On the cover page are two images of a hotel reception and a hotel lounge, portraying a warm ambience. The words 'English for' are black and in smaller font, while 'TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY' are all white, capital letters in bigger fonts and 'in Higher Education Studies' are in white but smaller fonts, all set out strikingly against the brownish background colour. Each unit in turn is accompanied by interesting, colourful pictures, relevant charts, diagrams and exercises related to the unit's topic and content. This 132-page course book is also user-friendly. In the front section are the author's Introduction and a Book Map (instead of the usual Cont...
