ESP for Tourism: Does It Meet Employers’ Needs and Prepare Students for the Workplace?

Chamorro, Gloria; Vázquez-Amador, María; Garrido-Hornos, María del Carmen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87476-6_8

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“…This highlights the benefit of English to tourism to the extent that Al-Tarawneh and Osam (2019) suggest that tour guides who are proficient in English language are considered a key in attracting tourists who visit a country. Al-Malki (2022b), Chamorro et al (2021), and Correa (2019) findings agree on the importance of English language to tour guides' profession, and this is compatible to ours.…”

Section: (D) Frequency Of English Language Use In Tour Guide Professionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…Previous studies have investigated tour guides' needs for English focusing on the importance of English to the job, target needs, and whether current ETG courses address students' needs. Regarding English language importance to tour guides, Al-Malki et al (2023, 2022b), Chamorro et al (2021) and Correa (2019) found that English is important to tour guides. As for tour guides present situation, Al-Malki et al (2023) imparted that Saudi tour guides were weak in all language skills with speaking and listening in the first place.…”

Section: E Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ultimately, these functions appear to be necessary for the Saudi tour guides despite the obvious variation in ranking them. Marin (2022), Chamorro et al (2021), and Al-Tarawneh and Osam (2019) point out that language functions are crucial for tour guides as the job involves direct communication with tourists who speak English. This inconsistency in ranking the functions seems natural due to the respondents' concern.…”

Section: A Saudi Tour Guides Target Needs For English Language (A) La...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It seems that this case is not confined to the Saudi context, but it is common Worldwide. In Jordan, Al-Tarweneh and Osam (2019), in Egypt, Abdel Ghany and Abdel Latif (2012), and Chamorro et al (2021) in Spain found that ESP courses taught to tour guides do not prepare students for their career.…”

Section: B To What Extent Does the Current Syllabus (Elce2211) Taught...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Designing a Needs-Based English Syllabus for Tour Guides in Saudi Arabia

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English for Specific Purposes (ESP) syllabuses based on students’ needs are assumed to be interesting and motivating to students as they maximise language learning. This is because they contribute to preparing students for specific targets in their prospective profession or academic study. This study aimed at revealing Saudi tour guides target needs for English language, determining whether an existing ESP syllabus taught to tourism students in a public Saudi university meets these needs, and proposing an English for Tour Guides (ETG) to address those needs. The study adopted the qualitative approach by using an interview with four tourism companies’ managers and document analysis. It draws on the results of the needs analysis (NA) reported by Aldosari et al. (2023) who investigated the target needs of about 50 Saudi tour guides for English. Results showed that the tour guides need speaking, listening, vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar. Introducing oneself and others, greeting, giving directions/instructions, and informing are the most recurrent language functions. In addition, we found that the syllabus that is taught to tour guides in a Saudi university does not meet their needs for English language. The study concluded by proposing an ETG syllabus based on the reported needs.

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Section: (D) Frequency Of English Language Use In Tour Guide Professionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: E Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%