1. TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL SERVICES. Speaking, listening, reading and writing activities based on the theme of transport and travel to, from and around tourist destinations. Students explore on-line transport websites in real time to gain knowledge of and reflect upon the diversity available for today's traveller, worker and entrepreneur.
2. HOTEL & ACCOMMODATION SERVICES. Speaking, listening, reading and writing activities based on the theme of accommodation services from the perspectives of client, worker and entrepreneur. Students explore on-line websites to gain knowledge of and reflect upon the diversity available for today's traveller, worker and entrepreneur.
3. GASTRONOMY & FOOD SERVICES. Speaking, listening, reading and writing activities based on the theme of gastronomy. Students explore local and international cuisine and food establishments while considering entrepreneurship and the roles of client, worker and entrepreneur.
4. CREATING HOLIDAYS. Speaking, listening, reading and writing activities based on the theme of holiday destinations in today's world of high technology. Students explore and create package holidays based on market segments and trends while considering the roles of client, worker and entrepreneur.
5. CUSTOMER SERVICE. Speaking, listening, reading and writing activities based on the theme of customer service. Students explore local and international business customs through video and text while considering tourism-specific service industry relationships and professionalism at the workplace.
6. VOLUNTOURISM.Speaking, listening, reading and writing activities based on the theme of voluntourism. Students explore positive and negative aspects of this area in order to gain knowledge, awareness and debating skills regarding this worldwide tourism trend.
Students receive their course mark through a system of Continuous Evaluation which assigns the following weight to each of the required activities:
Area 1- 20% 2 Writing Tests
Area 2- 20% 2 Reading Tests
Area 3- 20% 2 Listening Tests
Area 4- 20% 3 Oral Presentations
10% Attendance: Only students who come to a minimum of 80% of classes will be given their ration of this 10%.*
10% Participation In & Out of the classroom: Only students who come to a minimum of 80% of classes will be given their ratio of this 10% which includes work done both in the classroom and as homework.*
*Students who do not attend the 80% minimum classes do not qualify for the additional 10% Attendance ratio nor the 10% Participation ratio which means their final mark is calculated by their test performances and oral presentations only.
STUDENTS MUST ACHIEVE A MINIMUM OF 5/10 IN ALL 4 AREAS AND AN OVERALL MINIMUM MARK OF 50% OUT OF 100% TO PASS THE COURSE.
Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
Students who have done neither Continuous Evaluation nor the single-sesssion evaluation will receive the mark "No presentat".
Avaluació única:
Exceptionally and at the individual student's request within the UdG's established timeline, students can request to do a single-session evaluation which consists in a 4-part, 3-hour exam evaluating student competence in Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Writing Competency and Speaking Competency. With each skill weighing 25%, students are required to pass each area of competence with a score of 5 out of 10 and an overall total of 50% of the exam points. Here is the breakdown of the points of the Single-session Evaluation:
Single-session Evaluation: 100 points:
Writing 25 points (2 Writings)
Speaking 25 points (9-minute individual)
Listening 25 points (2-3 Listenings)
Reading 25 points (2-3 Readings)
Requisits mínims per aprovar:
Per considerar superada l’assignatura, caldrà obtenir una qualificació mínima de 5.0