6. Contenidos y resultados de aprendizajes asociados

Las unidades de trabajo que componen el módulo y sus resultados de aprendizajes asociados son los siguientes:

UD 1. A career in tourism: RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE: (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5)

CONTENIDOS:
1. Session 1.-What do you do?
1.1. What to say: 
Introducing oneself.
Telling the time

1.2. How to say it: 
Grammar:

-Present simple
-Questions
-Subject/object questions
-Adverbs of frequency
-Other frequency expressions
-The alphabet

Pronunciation
-Sounds and spelling
-Pronuntiation of final "s"
-Voiced and unvoiced sounds


1.3. Words you need:

Talking generally about jobs
Jobs in the tourism and hospitality industries.
Other professions


2.Session 2.-Job ads
2.1. What to say:
Abbreviations in job advertisements .
Writing a CV
Writing a covering letter
Common expressions in letters
Titles
Dates
2.2. How to say it
Grammar
-Present simple and present continuous
-State and action verbs
-Imperative 
-Numbers
-Collocations
-Word formation: Jobs
Pronunciation
-Stress-timed vs. syllable-timed languages
-Intonation in questions

2.3. Words you need
-Job seeking
-Adjectives to describe working skills
-Remuneration
-Expressions with get
-Expressions with have
-Expressions with take

3.Session 3.- Job interview
3.1. What to say
-Daily routine
-Describing job characteristics
-Talking about past experiences
3.2. How to say it
Grammar
-Past simple tense
-Past continuous
-Past continuous and past simple
-"used to","would", "get used to", "be used to"
-Word formation: adjectives
-Phrasal verbs
Pronunciation
-Pronunciation of regular past tenses
-Nationalities
3.3. Words you need
-Characteristics of work
-Job responsibilities
-Action verbs to describe your experience
-Other expressions connected with work
-Education
-Irregular verbs
4. Culture and people
4.1. Topic: Cultural differences and stereotypes: Faulty Towers
4.2. Idioms: Idiomsrelated to work
4.3. Literature:"Travel Writing": Bill Bryson's Notes on a Small Island
4.4. Music:Billy Bragg's Qualifications

5.Comunicative Tasks 
5.1. Listening 
-Job offers
-Information about work or studies
5.2. Reading
-Job offers
-Educational Institutions brochures
5.3.Speaking 
-Personal information
-Education and work experience
-Job interview
5.4. Writing
-Filling a form
-Cover letter and CV

COMPETENCIAS PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

d), e), h) e i)

CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)

UD 2. Travel agencies: RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:  (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5)

CONTENIDOS:
1.Session 1.-Types of travellers
   1.1. What to say 
-To describe types of tourism and activities
-To express likes and preferences
-To make requests
-To express possibility
   1.2. How to say 
Grammar
- Modal verbs: can, could, be able to
Pronunciation
- Connected speech (I)
   1.3. Words you need 
-Types of destinations and travellers
2.Session 2.-Ecotourism
   2.1. What to say 
- To talk about their past experiences
    2.2. How to say 
Grammar
-Present perfect: for, since, already, yet, ever, just.
- Present perfect continuous.
Pronunciation
Contracted forms
    2.3. Words you need
- Vocabulary related to ecotourism
3.Session 3.-Responsible Travel
   3.1. What to say 
- To express future plans for holidays
- To express agreement and disagreement
   3.2. How to say 
Grammar
- Future: will/going to/present continuous
- Future continuous / Future perfect
-Prepositions of time
Pronunciation
- Word stress
   3.3. Words you need 
- Expressions with make/go/do
- Phrasal verbs
4.Culture and people
   4.1. Topic: Social etiquette in Great Britain
   4.2. Idioms: Idioms related to travelling 
   4.3. Literature: Jonathan Swift’s ‘Gulliver’s Travels’
   4.4. Music:Sting’s ‘Englishman in New York’
 5.Comunicative Tasks 
   5.1. Listening 
- To understand information about touristic destinations
-To understand conversations on the phone
   5.2. Reading
-To read brochures about touristic destinations
- To read texts describing the characteristics of different types of travellers and different types of tourism
   5.3.Speaking 
-To talk about likes and preferences about toursitic destinations
-To describe future plans about their holidays
-To ask and give information about the characteristics of touristic destinations 
   5.4.Writing
- To design a brochure about a touristic destination
-To write a letter/e-mail to ask for information about a touristic information


COMPETENCIAS  PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

           d), e), h) e i)


CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)

UD 3. Planes, trains and automobiles: RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:  (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5)     
CONTENIDOS:
1.Session 1.- Getting around
   1.1. What to say
-Travel talk 
-Asking for permission 
-Making suggestions 
   1.2. How to say it
Grammar
-Modal verbs
-Modal verbs for ability
-Modal verbs to for permission
-Modal Verbs for deduction
-Modal verbs for requests
-Modal verbs for suggestions and promises
Pronunciation
-Silent letters
   1.3. Words you need
-Travel related words
2.Session 2.- Air Travel
   2.1. What to say
-Booking a flight 
-Buying a ticket
-Talking about the weather 
   2.2. How to say it
Grammar
-Modal verbs for advice 
-Modal verbs for obligation 
-Modal verbs for prohibition 
Pronunciation
-English vowels 
-Expressions connected with planes, airports and flights
   2.3. Words you need
-Air travel-Airports
3.Session 3.- At the train station
    3.1. What to say
Transactions at the train station
Train travel language
Renting a car
Help, instructions and orders 
Telephone language
  3.2. How to say it
Grammar
Modal verbs for offers
Secuenciación del discurso escrito: «first», «after», «then»…»finally».
Word formation (nouns)
Phrasal verbs
Modal verbs referring to the past 
Pronunciation
Diphthongs
Consonant sounds
Comma and full stop
Capital letters
   3.3. Words you need
-Train travel
-Travelling by land and sea
4. Culture and people
   4.1. Topic:
-English and American currencies. Tipping
-The story ofEnglish.
   4.2. Idioms:Train idioms
   4.3. Literature:“Travel Writing": Alex Garland's The Beach
   4.4. Music: The Divine’s Comedy's National Express
5.Comunicative Tasks 
   5.1. Listening 
-Transport information
-Booking, confirming and buying a train, plane, bus… ticket
   5.2. Reading
-Train, bus and plane information.
-Car hire documents
-Means of transportbrochures
-Weather report
   5.3.Speaking 
-Booking, confirming and buying a train, plane, bus… ticket
-Describing rules in means of transport
-Asking for and giving information on means of transport
-Talking about the weather
   5.4. Writing
-Instructions
-Fill in forms related to transport

COMPETENCIAS  PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

           d), e), h) e i)

CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)
UD 4. Where to stay : RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:  (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5)  

CONTENIDOS:
1.Session 1.- Choosing a hotel
   1.1. What to say 
-To establish comparisons between different types of accommodations
- To describe the characteristics of a hotel
   1.2. How to say
Grammar
-Comparatives and superlatives
- Order of adjectives
Pronunciation
Weak and strong forms
   1.3. Words you need 
- Types of accommodation
- Furniture in a hotel room
- Descriptive adjectives
-Synonyms and antonyms
2.Session 2.- Facilities
   2.1. What to say 
- To ask and give information about the facilities of a hotel
2.2. How to say 
Grammar
-ed/-ing adjectives
-adjectives vs. adverbs
    2.3. Words you need
-Facilities in a hotel
-Collocations (adjective+noun)
3.Session 3.-Checking-in
   3.1. What to say
 - To make a reservation by phone
- To make offers
   3.2. How to say
Grammar
-Have/get sth done
Pronunciation
Intonation
   3.3. Words you need 
-Hotel Staff
-Adjectival suffixes
4.Culture and people
   4.1. Topic: 
-Hotel chains in Great Britain and the USA
- B&B in the UK
   4.2. Idioms: Idioms related to jobs
   4.3. Literature : Bruce Chatwin
   4.4. Music: The Eagles’s ‘Hotel California’
 5.Comunicative Tasks 
   5.1. Listening
 -To understand a phone conversation to make a hotel reservation 
 -To understand the description of characteristics and facilities of a hotel.
   5.2. Reading 
-To understand information which describes the jobs carried out in a hotel.
-To understand the descriptions of different hotels on the internet 
   5.3.Speaking 
-To keep a conversation going between the receptionist and the client to ask and give information about the characteristics and facilities of a hotel. 
- To perform a role-play between the receptionist and the client to check-in at the hotel
- To explain the characteristics of the different jobs of a hotel
   5.4.Writing
To design a brochure about the facilities of a hotel
To write a fax/e-mail to confirm a reservation
To write an e-mail to welcome the clients

COMPETENCIAS  PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

           d), e), h) e i)


CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)

 

UD 5. Holding an event: RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:  (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5) 
CONTENIDOS:
1. Session 1.- The menu
   1.1. What to say 
-To describe food and drinks/ordering food in a restaurant
   1.2. How to say 
Grammar
-Countable and uncountable nouns
-Quantifiers
- Inversion
Pronunciation
Minimal pairs I
   1.3. Words you need 
- Food and drinks (vegetables and fruit, meat and fish, desserts and drinks)
- Cutlery
2.Session 2.- Checking-out
   2.1. What to say
-Writing letters of complaint.
    2.2. How to say it
Grammar
-Reported speech:Statements/questions and orders
Pronunciation
Emphatic stress
    2.3. Words you need
- Adjectives to describe food and drinks
-Food and cooking collocations
- False friends
3.Session 3.- Choosing a location
   3.1. What to say
-To give your opinion
-To persuade people 
   3.2. How to say 
Grammar
Relative clauses. Defining and non-defining
   3.3. Words you need 
- Vocabulary related to holding events
- British and American English
4.Culture and people
   4.1. Topic 
- International  business etiquette
- Table manners
   4.2. Idioms: Idioms connected with problematic situations
   4.3. Literature: Ann Tylers's The Accidental Tourist.
   4.4. Music: Bobby McFerrin’s‘Don’t worry be happy’
 5.Comunicative Tasks 
   5.1. Listening 
- To understand conversations on the phone when the clients ask for food and drink. 
- To understand details when checking out
- To understand why clients complain
- To understand the reasons why to hold an event in a specific place
   5.2. Reading 
- To read the clients’ complaints
- To read tips about how to deal with clients’ complaints
   5.3. Speaking 
- To perform a role-play between the receptionist and the client complaining about a service while checking-out
- To provide solutions to the clients’ complaints
- To persuade a client to hold an event in a specific hotel
   5.4. Writing
- To prepare a menu for an important event
To write letters/e-mails of complaint and apologies


COMPETENCIAS  PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

           d), e), h) e i)


CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)
UD 6. Tourist Information: RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:  (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5) 

CONTENIDOS:

1.Session 1.- Tradition and festivals
   1.1. What to say 
-To describe national and international traditions and festivals

- Asking and giving directions
   1.2. How to say
Grammar
-1st and 2nd conditionals

-Direct and indirect questions.

-Clauses of purpose
Pronunciation
 - Minimal Pairs II
   1.3. Words you need 
- Descriptive adjectives
 1.4 How to say 
Grammar
-Intensifying adverbs
- ingform after certain verbs, prepositions and as subject
-verbs followed by to infinitive / -ing form
Pronunciation
Pronunciation of the phoneme /ŋ/
   1.5. Words you need 
-Describing festivals.
2. Session 2- Theme parks.

- To give information about international Theme Parks
- To offer touristic information of a city
- To ask for and give directions
- To give advice
-To make suggestions

2.2. How to say 
Grammar
 - Modal verbs: should / ought to
- Direct and indirect questions
-Clauses of purpose
Pronunciation
Can vs. Can’t
2.3. Words you need
-Words related to thematic parks
-Monuments, attractions and facilities in a town
-Place prepositions

3. Session 3- Exotic destinations
3.1. What to say
-Writing a descriptive composition
3.2 How to say
Grammar
- Infinitive with -ing form

- Intensifying advers
- Reported questions
- Reported invitations, warnings, offers, advice and promises 
- Reported suggestions 

Vocabulary:
-Geographical features

- Pronunciation of the phoneme /ŋ/

4. Session 4: The Perfect holiday.
4.1. What to say
- To describe ideal and awful holidays.
- To be able to attend complaints on the telephone.
4.2. How to say
- Text coherence: contrast 
- Prefixes 
- Apologizing
Vocabulary
- Specific vocabulary related to complaints on the telephone .

- Types of holidays
5.Culture and people
   4.1. Topic:Festivals and traditions in English speaking countries.
   4.2. Idioms:Idioms of feelings
   4.3. Literature: Daniel Defoe’s ‘Robinson Crusoe’
   4.4. Music: Gloria Gaynor’s. “I will survive”.
 5.Comunicative Tasks 
   5.1. Listening 
-To understand people asking and giving directions
-To understand what tourists at the information office are demanding
-To understand descriptions of exotic destinations
   5.2. Reading 
-To read newspaper articles about tourism
-To be aware of the features of international theme parks
-To familiarize with tourism Websites on the internet
-To understand descriptions of exotic destinations
   5.3.Speaking 
-To describing a festival/famous building or monument
- To perform a role-play between a tourist and a local to give directions
- To perform a role play at the information office
   5.4.Writing
-To create entertaining programmes for a city
-To programme visits to a theme park(accommodation, dates, attractions to visit)
-To design a brochure of their city with information about geographical features, places to visit, monuments…5. Culture and people

Communicative tasks
6.1. Listening
- To understand oral messages in order to tell what other people have alrady said.
- To understand people's complaints.
6.2. Reading
- To read texts about different types of holidays.
- To read a travel brochure.
6.3. Speaking
To produce oral messages in order to make a complaint or to apologize.
To describe different types of holidays.
Writing
- To use prefixes and connectors within texts.

-Positive and negative things about holidyas.

COMPETENCIAS  PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

           d), e), h) e i)

CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)

UD 7. Guided tours: RESULTADO DE APRENDIZAJE:  (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5)

CONTENIDOS: 
1. Session 1.-Being a Tour Guide
What to say
-Giving opinion
-Making suggestions
-Giving information
-The language of networking
How to say it
Grammar
-Passive voice 
-Passive voice: formal aspects 
-Passive voice: use 
-Impersonal passive 
-The passive infinitive
   1.3. Words you need
-Architecture
-Castles
-Art
-Museums
2.Session 2.- Guiding tours
   2.1. What to say
-Talking about money and currencies.
-Describing places and buildings
   2.2. How to say it
Grammar
-Conditional clauses: type 3
-The three conditionals. Comparison
-Wishes and regrets
-Verbs followed by prepositions
-Easily confused words
   2.3. Words you need
-The entertainment industry
3.Session 3.- Specialized Tours
 3.1. What to say

 - Describing a building or a place.

- A more detailed description: The Statue of Liberty.
   3.2. How to say it
Grammar
- Clauses of reason 
- Clauses of result 
Pronunciation
- Homophones

- Intonation in questions
   3.3. Words you need
- Word formation: adjectives
4. Culture and people
   4.1. Topic:The History of Tourism 
   4.2. Idioms:Idioms“colours”
   4.3. Literature:"Travel Writing": Alain de Botton's The Art of Travel
    4.4. Music:Cats'Memories.
5.Comunicative Tasks 
   5.1. Listening 
-Guided tours
-Description of place
-Information on guided tours
   5.2. Reading
-Travel guide
-Information on guided tours
   5.3.Speaking 
-Explaining a tour
-Description of a monument
-Promotion of a guided tour
   5.4. Writing
-Promotional email
-Tour ad
-Presentation letter
-Information for a guided tour

COMPETENCIAS  PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

           d), e), h) e i)


CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)

 

 

 

UD 8. My Personal Project: RESULTADO DE APRENDIZAJE:  (RA 1),(RA 2), (RA 3), (RA 4), (RA 5)

CONTENIDOS: 
1. Your personal project
What to say
- Type of Business
- Company information
- your own ad
- Corporate image

- Management and organization.
How to say it

- All the structures seen along the course.

Words you need
-Vocabulary related to the tourism industry



COMPETENCIAS  PROFESIONALES.
d), e), f), g), h) e i)

OBJETIVOS GENERALES.

           d), e), h) e i)


CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN CON RESPECTO A LOS RESULTADOS DE APRENDIZAJE:

RA1: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), y h).
RA2: criterios de evaluación a), b), c) d), e), f) g) y h)
RA3: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f), g), h) e i)
RA4: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e), f) y g)
RA5: criterios de evaluación a), b), c), d), e) y f)