Survival English for Travelers Course Description

Survival English for Travelers is a course for all university students who will be required, in their professional life, to travel internationally and interact with speakers of English. The course
Course Outline

will cover a number of real-life situations that professionals would encounter while traveling for their jobs. These every-day situations include not only social interactions but the practical transactions as well that all international travelers have to deal with while making their way in a global economy. 1. The course is for students with at lease a level of CEF B1 (equivalent to 550 points on the TOEIC test). 2. This course is for university students from all departments who expect to become professionals who are required to travel in their jobs. 3. While students may be able to function in English within their own fields, too often they just dont have the language skills to survive in every-day situations like those encountered while traveling. Therefore, the objective of this course is to focus on real-life situations

Objectives

and present them in realistic contexts. 4. Upon completion of this course, students would be expected to be able to use the language of socializing and survival in certain situations; i.e., ordering in a restaurant, making hotel reservations, using public transportation, going through immigration and customs at an international airport, etc. 5. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to give students the knowledge and confidence necessary to survive in the social and economic milieu of international travel and its interaction with speakers of English.

Vocabulary Requirement Course Criteria

3500 words based on the occupational domain of CEFR framework

Credit(s) Evaluation 2 credit hours 1. Midterm and final examinations 40%

2. Quizzes over lecture content 10% 3. Homework assignments 30% 4. Attendance and participation 20%

The content of the course is derived from Survival English: International Communication for Professional People by Peter Viney as well as other sources. The textbook contains forty-eight units that deal with a variety of topics related to international travel. Among these units that teach language, grammar, and cultural differences are topics related
Learning Content

to using public transportation, checking in and out of hotels, ordering food in different types of restaurants, making various types of reservations (theater, flight, hotel, restaurant, etc.), understanding time zone differences, the stages for taking international flights, attending business events, attending social events, etc. The comprehensiveness of the content of the textbook is one of its greatest assets for this type of course, and students should benefit greatly from it.

Communication Skill

Listening I can understand the main points of clear standard speech on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. I can understand the main point of many radio or

Speaking
Spoken Interaction

Reading I can understand texts that consist mainly of high frequency everyday or job-related language. I can understand the description of events, feelings and

Writing I can write effective presentations based on the accepted structure and organization. I can write simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal

Description

I can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken. I can enter unprepared into conversation on topics that are

TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest when the delivery is relatively slow and clear.

familiar, of personal interest or pertinent to everyday life (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
Spoken Production

wishes in personal letters.

interest. I can write person letters describing

I can deliver effective presentations in English with confidence. I can use connect phrases in a simple way in order to describe experiences and events, my dreams, hopes and ambitions. I can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. I can narrate a story or relate the plot of a book or film and describe my reactions. Material(s) Jobs that the students who have completed the course can apply for 1. Survival English: International Communication for Professional People by Peter Viney; Macmillan Education, 2004. 2. Students who intend to pursue any career in any field that requires international travel will benefit from this course.