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ENGLISH FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM
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ENGLISH FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE AND TOURISM
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Academic year 2023/2024
- Course ID
- STS0445
- Teacher
- Silvia Pireddu (Course owner)
- Degree course
- Cultural Heritage and Creativity for tourism and territorial development
- Year
- 1st year
- Teaching period
- First semester
- Type
- For the final exam and for the knowledge of the foreign language
- Credits/Recognition
- 3
- Course disciplinary sector (SSD)
- L-LIN/12 - language and translation - english
- Delivery
- Mixed
- Language
- English
- Attendance
- Mandatory
- Type of examination
- Written
- Prerequisites
- Fluency in oral and written English is required, preferably at B2-C1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Ideally students should be famialir with discourse studies and text analysis.
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Sommario del corso
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Course objectives
The course is an introduction to English for Special Purposes (ESP) from a multimodal perspective. Texts related to cultural heritage and the tourism will be examined in their multimodal characteristics, to describe and create professional texts.
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Results of learning outcomes
At the end of this course, students must
- recognize the different communicative contexts in the field of tourism and evaluate them in their discursive aspects
- show a metacognitive understanding of ESP and be able to evaluate their own learning experience
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Program
A detailed description of the course content is available on the Moodle course page along with selected readings and complex authentic texts to be discussed, read and analyzed
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Course delivery
Lectures, case studies, tests, exercises and readings.
A forum is available on Moodle for discussion, sharing of experiences, and ask questions.
Students are asked to check the Topics Moodle section with suggestions and ideas.
The My Library and Bonus sections of the page provide materials for in-depth study
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Learning assessment methods
In-class activities (discussion, quiz) and a short essay or comment to a case study to be submitted 10 days before the exam date on Moodle.
The final essay will be evaluated on the basis of clarity of answers, mastery of terminology related to the course, ability to summarize, evaluate, and establish relationships among topics. A template with guidelines and a list of topics will be provided on Moodle
ATTENTION: The paper has to be written according to scientific standards and all sources have to be cited. The paper is checked with the software TURNITIN. Unauthorized use of sources will be considered plagiarism.
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Support activities
Students with learning disabilities can find information on the university facilities, on study support, and on the exam procedures at the following links:
SERVICES
https://www.unito.it/accoglienza-studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsaSUPPORT
https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-con-disabilitaEXAMS
https://www.unito.it/servizi/lo-studio/studenti-e-studentesse-con-disabilita/supporto-studenti-e-studentesse-conSuggested readings and bibliography
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- Book
- Title:
- English Tourism Discourse, Insights into the professional, promotional and digital language of tourism
- Year of publication:
- 2020
- Publisher:
- Milano: Hoepli
- Author:
- Maci, Stefania
- ISBN
- Notes:
- We recommend the e-book
- Required:
- Yes
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ADDIS, M., De STEFANO I., and GUERRISI V., eds. Cultural Mediation for Museums: Driving Audience Engagement. Taylor & Francis, 2023, ISBN 9781000860559
Marsh, E. Creating Digital Exhibits for Cultural Institutions: A Guide. Taylor & Francis, 202, ISBN 9781032294162.
SULAIMAN, M. Zain; WILSON, Rita. Translating tourism promotional materials: a cultural-conceptual model. Springer, 2020, ISBN 978-9811363450
ZUELOW, Eric. A history of modern tourism. Macmillan International Higher Education, 2015, ISBN 978-0230369658
SCHRØDER, K.; DROTNER, K. Museum communication and social media: The connected museum. London: Routledge, 2017, ISBN 978-0815346821
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Notes
The lecturer is always available by email and a meeting can be arranged via Webex at the student's request.
- Enroll
- Open
- Enrollment opening date
- 01/09/2023 at 08:00
- Enrollment closing date
- 29/06/2024 at 20:00
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