COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS ENGLISH II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TUR 3038 BUSINESS ENGLISH II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Tourism Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖVÜNÇ BARDAKOĞLU

Offered to

Tourism and Hotel Management
Tourism Management

Course Objective

This course aims to provide students with oral and written language skills related to tourism sector.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Increasing vocabulary knowledge related to various fields of tourism ( accomodation, travel etc.)
2   Reading and understading documents related to tourism
3   Knowing and applying english expressions used in work life and daily life
4   Using professional expressions in oral and written communication
5   Knowing and applying basic grammar rules

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Reading texts about food and beverage institutions
2 Vocabulary on food and beverage operations, reading and understanding exercises ( words and expressions about kitchen, service, restaurant, equipment )
3 Taking restaurant reservation, seating guests, taking orders, giving orders, giving information: dialog exercises
4 Presentation of students' dialog assignments
5 Apologizing, requesting, suggessting
6 Grammar: Future Tense
7 midterm/lecture
8 Apologizing, request suggestions
9 Expressions and vocabulary used at airport services
10 texts abour museums, fairs and tours
11 Hotel brochures, information to be included in the brochures
12 Guest relations in tourism: taking complaints
13 Grammar: Past tense
14 Review
15 final exam
16 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Rod Revell & Trish Stott, English for Hotel and Catering Industry, Oxford University Press.
BBC Learn English, http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture and assignment

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

Tuesday, 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.155
LO.25
LO.355
LO.455
LO.55