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Posted: **Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:25 am**

A couple of weeks ago I left a post to ask about a book I had found on the Internet and that I though could be suitable for a course I am planning for some students of a Faculty of Tourism Sciences.

You can find my original post and some notes after I bought the book in this thread.

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... 9644#29644

The reason why I am leaving this post here is that I think that the book is suitable for students to whom you want to give some linguistic notions too. In that sense I think it is the only book out there with elements which are meant to provide concepts related to both Tourism English and Linguistcs. (if you know of any other book, please leave a post here! Thank you!)

It is definitely not a language course even though it focuses on vocabulary and on other linguistic aspects: it is an application of a linguistic analysis to tourist materials. I think it is very interesting, but not for highschool kids. I think it is meant for a university crowd, as it has been written by a researcher working in the field of English linguistics.

I hope this is useful. I found this forum incredibly resourceful and I like to think that this can help me contribute somehow.

Best wishes,

Donatella (Italy)

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 12:27 pm**

Not sure if the following book would quite be of interest to you (I noticed it in Kinokuniya on my last visit there):

(Multilingual Matters' Tourism & Cultural Change series)
Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival
by Alison M. Phipps

List price: £19.95 Discount: 20% Our Price: £15.96
Format: Paperback (pp: 208) ISBN: 1-84541-053-X
Publication date: 14 Nov 2006 13 Digit ISBN: 9781845410537

Key Features:
- Innovative research combining tourism studies and the learning of modern languages
- New perception of the relationship between tourism and language
- Covers the current crisis in language learning

Summary:
This ground-breaking book examines what happens when tourists learn to speak other languages. From ordering a coffee to following directions, Alison Phipps argues passionately for a new perception of the relationship between tourism and languages from one based on the acquisition of basic, functional skills to one which sustains and even strengthens intercultural dialogue.
Author Biography:
Alison Phipps is Director of Graduate Development for Arts, Humanities and Education at the University of Glasgow, where she teaches modern languages, comparative literature, anthropology and intercultural studies. Her books include Acting Identities (2000), Contemporary German Cultural Studies (ed. 2002), Modern Languages: Learning and Teaching in an Intercultural Field (2004) with Mike Gonzalez, Critical Pedagogy: Political Approaches to Languages and Intercultural Communication (ed. 2004) with Manuela Guilherme and Tourism and Intercultural Exchange (2005) with Gavin Jack.

You can view the book's cover and contents page by visiting MM's website and searching for 'tourism' (I didn't post a direct link to the details above, because the address for it was very long):
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:03 pm**

Thank you! I will check it out. I am still using Cappelli's book and it is actually working fine. The students like it and it is very userfriendly. I am always looking for new things though, so thank you very much for your suggestion!
Donatella

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