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20220918T105020220918T1120Asia/Ho_Chi_MinhTeaching English for Tourism : the Pre-designed Curriculum and Students' Needs- Seeking for a CompromiseThis study is carried out at Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with subjects to be Tourism-majored students who have taken English for Tourism (EFT) courses in their 4-year curriculum. The study focuses on finding the inappropriate contents of the existing English for Tourism curriculum at the school. Responses to questionnaire from subjects (N = 100) were triangulated with semi-structured interviews. The findings showed that there are discrepancies between subjects’ expected topics and the content topics in the current textbooks prescribed by the school for English for Tourism courses. Ecological attractions, precautions and cautions when visiting attractions, cultural differences and solutions for those differences were at the top of the list of suggestions for changes, as these contents were not emphasized in the textbooks. The findings of the research also suggest that more field trips to historical places and religious places be part of the English for Tourism courses in the future, since these types of tourism are those on the fastest trend of tourism development in Vietnam. Keywords: English for Tourism (EFT), needs analysis, curriculum designRoom 13 (Building G3, Room 103)VietTESOL International Convention 2022convention@viettesol.org.vn
This study is carried out at Faculty of Foreign Languages, Van Lang University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with subjects to be Tourism-majored students who have taken English for Tourism (EFT) courses in their 4-year curriculum. The study focuses on finding the inappropriate contents of the existing English for Tourism curriculum at the school. Responses to questionnaire from subjects (N = 100) were triangulated with semi-structured interviews. The findings showed that there are discrepancies between subjects’ expected topics and the content topics in the current textbooks prescribed by the school for English for Tourism courses. Ecological attractions, precautions and cautions when visiting attractions, cultural differences and solutions for those differences were at the top of the list of suggestions for changes, as these contents were not emphasized in the textbooks. The findings of the research also suggest that more field trips to historical places and religious places be part of the English for Tourism courses in the future, since these types of tourism are those on the fastest trend of tourism development in Vietnam. Keywords: English for Tourism (EFT), needs analysis, curriculum design