Penetrating the language frontier in tourism.

Autor/in	Ingram, D. E.
Titel	Penetrating the language frontier in tourism.
Quelle	(1988), 13 S.Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	Mikroform; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Bildungspolitik; Intensivkurs; Methodik; Curriculum; Unterrichtsmaterial; Angewandte Linguistik; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachenkurs; Berufsausbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bedarfsanalyse; Effizienz; Australien
Abstract	For Australia's tourism industry to be commercially effective, all of its workers must develop second language skills, intercultural skills, and support and tolerance of foreign guests. Community attitudes, education, the tourism industry itself, and research and development must change to foster cultural unterstanding and intercultural sensitivity in the Australian community as a whole. Children should be given second language training routinely, and proficiency should be required for both higher education and vocational training. A greater variety of courses must be made available, with practical proficiency their goal. Experts in applied linguistics should compile innovative course designs and not simply draw on existing course offerings that may not foster practical skills. Courses of differing lengths and intensities should be developed for both general and specific tourism purposes, with continuing education also made available. Improved testing procedures are needed, and courses integrating tourism with language and cultural study are recommended. Underused existing language resources should be tapped. The tourism industry itself should provide language learning incentives for its workers and publicly identify language-skilled personnel and related services. Research priorities include the study of projected tourism patterns, language skill need analysis, curriculum and materials development, and effective instructional methods.
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	1996_(CD)