English for Tour Guides
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 1 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 2 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 3 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 4 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 5 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 6 (Vocabulary matching)
ELL: Talking to tourists in English 1 (General vocabulary)
ELL: Talking to tourists in English 2 (General vocabulary)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 2 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 3 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 4 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 5 (Vocabulary matching)
ESL for tour guides/tourist information center workers 6 (Vocabulary matching)
ELL: Talking to tourists in English 1 (General vocabulary)
ELL: Talking to tourists in English 2 (General vocabulary)
Being a tour guide is a very important job. In many cases, the tour guide is a traveller's first impression of a foreign country. In other cases a tour guide may be responsible for teaching tourists about the culture and sites in a city or town. In addition, many tour guides hold the responsibility of teaching tourists about safety. Even if you are only responsible for taking a tourist from the airport to his or her hotel, it is your responsibility to make the short trip interesting, informative, and safe. The following pages will help you learn some important vocabulary and phrases that you can use with your English-speaking tourists. Check your understanding as you go.
AIMS:
The main task when studying English for Tour Guide is to be able to make a guided tour about a certain place in English.
This e-object is a great source for students, where they can know, learn how to give a tour and see examples.
Tour guide accompanies visitors on local tours and guide tourists within a specific country, region, city or site.Tour guide provides special information on history, archaeology, monuments and works of art, the environment, culture, natural and built attractions, places of interest and any general matters of interest to the visitor.
CONTENT:
1. How to welcome tourists
2. How to perform information about places of interest
3. How to ask and answer tour required questions
SPEAKING: PAIR WORK
Answer the questions:
What does a tour guide have to do?
What does this job involve?
Pair work:
Complete the list of definitions and compare it with another pair:
- the personal and professional qualities needed
- the things a guide must do / is responsible for
Being a tour guide is a very important job. In many cases, the tour guide is a traveller's first impression of a foreign country. In other cases a tour guide may be responsible for teaching tourists about the culture and sites in a city or town. In addition, many tour guides hold the responsibility of teaching tourists about safety. Even if you are only responsible for taking a tourist from the airport to his or her hotel, it is your responsibility to make the short trip interesting, informative, and safe. The following pages will help you learn some important vocabulary and phrases that you can use with your English-speaking tourists. Check your understanding as you go.AIMS:
The main task when studying English for Tour Guide is to be able to make a guided tour about a certain place in English.
This e-object is a great source for students, where they can know, learn how to give a tour and see examples.
Tour guide accompanies visitors on local tours and guide tourists within a specific country, region, city or site.Tour guide provides special information on history, archaeology, monuments and works of art, the environment, culture, natural and built attractions, places of interest and any general matters of interest to the visitor.
CONTENT:
1. How to welcome tourists
2. How to perform information about places of interest
3. How to ask and answer tour required questions
SPEAKING: PAIR WORK
Answer the questions:
What does a tour guide have to do?
What does this job involve?
Pair work:
Complete the list of definitions and compare it with another pair:
- the personal and professional qualities needed
- the things a guide must do / is responsible for
English for Tourism - Tourist Information and Guided Tours
COURSE DESCRIPTION
English is the main language of international communication and is essential for people working in the tourism industry. This free online course introduces the key vocabulary and skills needed to speak English with tourists. This course details the English necessary for working in tourist information offices including how to provide directions, understand guidebooks and write press releases. The English needed for conducting guided tours is also defined. These sections detail how to explain a tour itinerary, how to politely book a tour for a customer and how to conduct a tour commentary in English. This free online course will be of great interest to non-English speakers who would like a career in the tourism industry, and who now wish to learn English with a focus on the travel and tourism industry.
CERTIFICATION
To qualify for your official ALISON Diploma, Certificate or PDF you must studyand complete all modules and score 80% or more in each of the course assessments. A link to purchase your Diploma certificate will then appear under the My Certificates heading of your My Account page.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Understand the role of tourist information offices and their staff;
- Explain guided tour itineraries using the present simple and predictive future tenses;
- Politely take a guided tour booking from customers using indirect questions;
- Provide specific and subtle directions in a guided tour commentary;
- Utilise adjectives and superlatives effectively in a guided tour commentary.
