Universidad de Jaén

UNIT 1: TRENDS IN TOURISM

Grammar: continuous aspect

Vocabulary: tourist motivations, describing visuals

Professional skills: using visuals

Case study: Getaway Travel: tailor a package

UNIT 2: GET THE MESSAGE                                                   

Grammar: countable and uncountable nouns

Vocabulary: advertising and publicity, web words, collocations

Professional skills: maintaining a website

Case study: Genesis Valley: improve a media profile

UNIT 3: HOTEL BRANDING

Grammar: making predictions

Vocabulary: brands

Professional skills: creating a business plan

Case study: the winners: invest in a hotel

UNIT 4: SUSTAINABILITY                                                       

Grammar: reporting verbs

Vocabulary: tourism and community, verb + noun collocations

Professional skills: chairing a meeting

Case study: the Brijuni Archipelago: develop an eco-resort

UNIT 5: COME FLY WITH ME                                                 

Grammar: the passive

Vocabulary: airports: facilities, security procedures

Professional skills: dealing with difficult situations

Case study: Claybourne Airport: develop airport infrastructure

UNIT 6 HERITAGE  

Grammar: talking about the past

Vocabulary: describing a heritage site, architecture, guiding expressions

Professional skills: working as a tour guide

Case study: Ascoby Hall: design a museum exhibition

UNIT 7: MANAGING EVENTS                                                 

Grammar: hypothetical situations

Vocabulary: collocations with event

Professional skills: understanding contracts

Case study: Asia Sound: make a festival profitable

UNIT 8: CAREERS  

Grammar: dependent prepositions

Vocabulary: remuneration; adjectives describing personality

Professional skills: interviews

Case study: recruit the right person

UNIT 9: GASTRONOMY                                                          

Grammar: relative clauses

Vocabulary: food and cooking

Professional skills: giving feedback

Case study: Mucho Gusto: plan a new itinerary

UNIT 10: RISK        

Grammar: modal verbs

Vocabulary: disasters, adventure sports

Professional skills: dealing with crises

Board game: the Olympic Game

The subject is based on the integration of theoretical and practice lessons. Theoretical lessons will be more focused on the acquisition of the basic linguistic components of the subject, and practice lessons will be focused on the use of English in different types of activities and the development of the communicative skills.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

Evaluation Criteria

--Students' active participation (15%): To be assessed based on students' regular attendance and completion of homework assignments for each class session.

 --One  project (20%): To be assessed by the instructor (and classmates when possible). Students must participate in class sessions used for preparing these projects.

--Exam(s) (65%): It will assess theoretical and practical contents of the course in order to evaluate if students have approached the C1 level of English in all the different skills. This exam can be divided into various tests (continuous assessment) or carried out as a comprehensive final exam, at the instructor's discretion.

Students must receive a passing mark in the examination section (equal to or greater than 5) to pass the course. If that case, the final grade will be calculated using the percentages mentioned before.

Instructions for the group project and the exam(s) will be published in PLATEA during the final weeks of the term.

For the second examination sitting (convocatoria extraordinaria) the individual project will be 25% of the grade and the exam(s) will count for the other 75%.

LEARNING SESSIONS AND METHODOLOGY

*Subject to change due to availability of spaces, health scenario and/or course enrollment.

  EVALUATION CRITERIA

First Examination Sitting/Convocatoria Ordinaria

  *Modality depends on public health recommendations. When possible, in person option will be chosen.

**Instructions for the group project and exams will be published in Platea during the first weeks of the term.

Second Examination Sitting/Convocatoria Extraordinaria.

*Modality depends on official health recommendations. When possible, in person option will be chosen.

**Instructions for the individual project and the exam(s) will be published in Platea at least one month before the official course examination date.

RESOURCES:

If classes go (partially or completely) online, our course educational platform (Platea) as well as other digital and educational tools approved by the University will be used.

LEARNING SESSIONS AND METHODOLOGY

EVALUATION CRITERIA

First Examination Sitting/Convocatoria Ordinaria

*Instructions for group project and exams will be published in Platea during the first weeks of the term.

Second Examination Sitting/Convocatoria Extraordinaria

*Instructions for the individual project and the exam(s) will be published in Platea at least one month before the official course examination date.

RESOURCES:

If classes go (partially or completely) online, our course educational platform (Platea) as well as other digital and educational tools approved by the University will be used.

Institution in charge of data processing: Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaén

Data Protection Delegate: dpo@ujaen.es

Purpose: In accordance with the Universities Law and other national and regional regulations in force, carrying out exams and assessment tests corresponding to the courses students are registered in. In order to avoid frauds while sitting the exam, the exam will be answered using a videoconference system, being able the academic staff of the University of Jaén to compare and contrast the image of the person who is answering the exam with the student's photographic files. Likewise, in order to provide the exam with evidential content for revisions or claims, in accordance with current regulation frameworks, the exam will be recorded and stored.

Legitimacy: compliance with legal obligations (Universities Law) and other national and regional regulations currently in force.

Addressees: service providers who are the owners of the platforms where the exams are carried out and with whom the University of Jaén has signed the corresponding data access contracts.

Storage periods: those established in current in force regulations. In the specific case of exam videoconference recordings, not before the examination records and transcripts are closed or the exam can still be reviewed or challenged.

Rights: you can exercise your right of access, amendment, cancellation, opposition, suppression, limitation and portability by sending a letter to the postal or electronic address indicated above. In the event that you consider that your rights have been violated, you may submit a complaint to the Andalusian Council for Transparency and Data Protection www.ctpdandalucia.es

Person in charge: Universidad de Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas, s/n; Tel.953 212121; www.ujaen.es

Data protection delegate (DPO): TELEFÓNICA, S.A.U. ; Email: dpo@ujaen.es

Procedure aim: To manage proper recordings of teaching sessions with the aim of facilitating learning process under a multimodal and/or online teaching

Period for record storage: Images will be kept during legal term according to regulations in force

Legitimacy: Data will be managed according to legal regulations (Organic Law 6/2001, December 21, on Universities) and given consent provided by selecting corresponding box in legal admission documents

Data recipients (transfers or assignments): Any person allowed to get access to every teaching modality

Rights: You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, portability, limitation of processing, deletion or, where appropriate, opposition. To exercise these rights, you must submit a written request to the Information, Registration and Electronic Administration Service of the University of Jaen at the address above, or by e-mail to the address above. You must specify which of these rights you are requesting to be satisfied and, at the same time, you must attach a photocopy of your ID card or equivalent identification document. In case you act through a representative, legal or voluntary, you must also provide a document that proves this representation and identification. Likewise, if you consider that your right to personal data protection has been violated, you may file a complaint with the Andalusian Data Protection and Transparency Council www.ctpdandalucia.es