A Study on Foreign Language Teaching Model for Undergraduate Programs in Tourism

Abstract

Referring to the fact that the tourism sector offers a lot of job opportunities tourism undergraduate programs have an important place in the tourism education system in Turkey.Due to the importance of foreign language (FL) skills in the tourism sector, it is necessary to revise foreign language teaching models of these programs. The purpose of the study is to determine the perceptions, expectations and suggestions of students and faculty members regarding the foreign language teaching models applied in undergraduate (4 years) tourism programs. A questionnaire form based on a comprehensive review of the relevant literature was developed, opinions of academic colleagues of the authors and experiences of the authors form the basis for this questionnaire, the research was conducted by personal interviews with the students . Results show that surveyed students have considered "concentrated FL teaching model" as the most effective and desired FL teaching model in bachelor's degree programs in tourism. Students' perceptions about the effectiveness of their programs have been differentiated depending on differences on applied FL teaching model in the programs. Keywords: Foreign Language Teaching, Tourism Education, Tourism, Preparatory Class, Tourism Bachelor's Degree Programs ÖzSektörde istihdam edilme fırsatı sağladıkları için lisans düzeyinde eğitim veren turizm programları Türkiye'nin turizm eğitim sisteminde önemli bir yere sahiptir. Turizm sektöründe sahip olunan yabancı dil bilgisine büyük önem verildiği için bu programların yabancı dil öğretim modellerinin gözden geçirilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı öğrencilerin ve öğretim elemanlarının lisans düzeyinde turizm eğitimi veren programlarda uygulanan yabancı dil öğretim modelleri hakkındaki algılarını, beklentilerini ve önerilerini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Đlgili literatürün taranması, yazarların akademisyen meslektaşlarının görüşlerinin alınması ve yazarların deneyimlerine dayanarak bir anket geliştirilmiş ve öğrencilere yüz yüze görüşerek uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlar araştırmaya katılan öğrencilerin "yoğunlaştırılmış yabancı dil öğretim modelini" turizm lisans programlarında en etkili ve arzulanan model olduğunu düşündüklerini göstermektedir. Öğrencilerin, öğrencisi oldukları programların verimliliği hakkındaki algıları bu programlarda uygulanan yabancı dil eğitim sistemine göre değişmektedir.

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The development of tourism and its relationship with foreign languages: the case of Antioquia (Colombia)

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“…Introduction Foreign languages play a fundamental role in exchanges pertaining to the spheres of cultural, social, and economic life; in an international context, where English stands out as the most influential international language worldwide (Chumaña- Suquillo et al, 2017;Temizkan & Temizkan, 2014;Vugman, Casinelli & Lizárraga, 2019), followed by Spanish and Chinese (Chumaña-Suquillo et al, 2017). Such is the case of tourism, an activity of which its use of English especially is essential to the provision of services (Amirbakzadeh & Alroaia, 2020;Chumaña-Suquillo, Llano-Zhinin & Cazar-Costales, 2017;Manyoma-Ledesma & Barrio-Vargas, 2011;Temizkan & Temizkan, 2014). As Amirbakzadeh & Alroaia (2020) point out, a foreign language has a crucial role to play in the management of these services in order to generate understandable communication with visitors that do not speak the native language, and thus creating better international relations.…”

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