English for Specific Purposes - Issues in English for tourism and hospitality

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This is an extended paper I prepared on my last year at University (it was a five-year diploma). I choose this theme because this particular area of English-language teaching needs a strong impulse in Portugal (and elsewhere, for my own experience... even in English-speaking countries).

The first impression set on the minds of tourists and potential investors is made by those who deal closely with them at the hospitality industry.

We can not afford to have "Manuels" jeopardising hotel receptions! (You'll need to read the beginning to grasp this...)

Are you interested in computer-assisted language learning (CALL)? How about needs analysis? Yes?!!! Then I recommend reading the last chapter.

A tourist information project "kindly brought to you by the paying advertisers"!

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Sometimes I get requests for material about Águeda including the translation into English. Control over final product sometimes is little if any, however this example is not so bad as one might think because the company even accepted to include credits for the translation (and the original material was mine too...). In any case the final print turned out fairly OK with high-glossy paper. The only drawback was the impossibility to fit the map of the municipality which I had put into English. Soon I'll be able to bring you another set of high-quality tourist material so then you'll get a nice overview of this map and nice local oddities, such as the roasted piglet and the egg and almond sweet pastry! EhEhEhEh!!!

The company who produced the brochure is available here.