English II for Tourism
Course code: 5320029
Develops the four basic skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening). Intended for students who need English for professional communication purposes in hotels and throughout the tourism industry. Designed to work with monolingual students or a multilingual class. Effective communication strategies are therefore designed in such professional environments as writing a letter of introduction, going for a job interview, preparing a presentation, comparing hotels, dealing with any complaints, giving advice, making telephone bookings, receiving and sending e-mails, recommending tourism sites, checking in, recommending suitable restaurants for tourists, and talking about local traditions. Awareness of the students’ own language is developed via an integrated curriculum that focuses on studying grammar, skills, vocabulary and phonetics.
Creative Writing
Course code: 5380030
This course is also offered in Spanish.
Encourages literary creation and strengthens the literary creativity of journalists, perfecting their linguistic skills with regard to the creative potential of language. Training in the use of narrative, dramatic and lyrical formats in various media — literary and audiovisual — to aim for creative journalism.