A Study on Constructing the Curriculum Design for Tourism English towards Undergraduate Tourism Management

大學觀光旅遊專業英語課程設計之研究

Chang, Wei-Hsiung(張偉雄)

《觀光產業與航空管理期刊》 6卷1期 (2023/08) Pp. 101-110

https://doi.org/10.6862/JTIAM.202308_6(1).0006

摘要

In light of the industrial trend in tourism, English proficiency, which has been critically interpreted as communicative skill cultivation and application required for industrial practitioners and undergraduate students, has been crucially noticed and emphasized among educational institutions and tourism industry. The study mainly aims at constructing the English curriculum design for tourism field which infused from the perspective of ESP. Meanwhile, the modified Delphi method was employed to determine and assure the course contents of ESP curriculum design for tourism derived from the consensus of educators, who have/had owned tourism English teaching experiences for more than five years in related to the tourism departments of universities and ought to hold a master's degree in tourism or related fields from foreign universities. In this study, the results showed that two criteria of ESP curriculum design for tourism field constructed, and eight courses contained respectively. Furthermore, it also reveals Taiwan's tourism English educators or practitioners ought to facilitate students to enhance English proficiency and boost English communicative skills.

關鍵字

English for Specific Purposes (ESP) ； Curriculum Design ； Tourism Education

並列摘要

有鑑於觀光旅遊產業發展日益遽增，提升觀光科系學生相關專業英語能力之養成已是相關教學工作者與企業實務工作者重視之課題。本研究以專業英語（English for Specific Purposes）之觀點建構觀光旅遊英語課程設計，並輔以修正式德爾菲法建構觀光旅遊專業英語課程設計之課程內容。本研究結果顯示觀光旅遊專業英語課程可涵蓋兩大核心構面(旅遊專業英語、航空專業英語)與八門主要核心課程。此外，本研究亦說明台灣觀光教育工作者及其觀光相關從業人員應共同協助觀光科系學生強化觀光旅遊專業英語能力及提升其英語溝通技巧。

並列關鍵字

專業英語 ； 課程設計 ； 觀光教育

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