Teaching English for Tourism: Bridging Research and Praxis

Teaching English for Tourism initiates a sustained academic discussion on the teaching and learning of English to tourism professionals, or to students who aspire to build a career in the tourism industry. Responding to a gap in the field, this is the first book of its kind to explore the implications of research in English for tourism (EfT) within the field of English for specific purposes.

This edited volume brings together teachers and researchers of EfT from diverse national and institutional contexts, focusing on connecting current research in EfT contexts to classroom implications. It considers a wide range of themes related to the teaching of EfT, including theoretical concepts, methodological frameworks, and specific teaching methods. The book explores topics relating to the impact of changing technologies, the need for cultural understanding, and support for writing development, among others.

Teaching English for Tourism explores this growing area of English for specific purposes and allows for researchers and practitioners to share their findings in an academic context.This unique book is ideal reading for researchers, post-graduate students, and professionals working in the fields of English language teaching and learning.

Michael Joseph Ennis is the Didactic and Scientific Coordinator for the English Language at the Language Centre of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.

Gina Mikel Petrie is an Associate Professor and Coordinator for the English as a Second Language program at Eastern Washington University, USA.