Attendance is COMPULSORY. An 80% attendance rate entitles students to the 50% written exam; 30% oral exams; 20% continuous assessment option. Students who do not comply with this requirement will be examined on the basis of 70% written exam; 30% oral exams. Students must obtain a passing grade (50%) in both the written exam and the oral part.Students who are unable to comply with the 80% attendance requirements due to exemption from attendance as stipulated in regulations to this effect published by the University of A Coruña (Art. 3.b  e 4.5 Normas de availación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario (Art 3 e 8b), will be assessed in the following way: 70% written exam; 30% oral tests: 20% tourist route and 10% class presentation (a minimum passing grade is required in each section of the oral exam)In the second opportunity (July) students will be assessed as follows: 70% written exam and 30% oral exams. If students passed either the written exam or oral test in the first opportunity, this grade will be maintained for the second opportunity. This is ONLY valid for the two opportunities corresponding to the academic year in course.

Resultados de aprendizaxe	Competencias / Resultados do título
Expresar información en lengua inglesa, tanto a nivel escrito como oral, sobre temática específica del ámbito turístico, utilizando adecuadamente el vocabulario y las estructuras gramaticales necesarias estudiadas previamente.	A1 A6 A13 A15 A29 A33 A34 A35	B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
Dominar el vocabulario necesario y las estructuras gramaticales precisas para poder expresarse correctamente en lengua inglesa, tanto a nivel escrito como oral, en contextos propios del ámbito turístico.	A1 A6 A13 A15 A29 A33 A34 A35	B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7	C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8
Comprender textos escritos y orales en lengua inglesa procedentes de diversas fuentes y específicos del ámbito turístico.	A1 A13 A15 A29 A33 A34 A35	B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7	C2 C4 C5 C7 C8

Temas	Subtemas
An introduction to the language of Tourism	Reasons for travel over the centuries and in contemporary society Types of travel and tourist The structure of the tourism industry - chain of distribution/supply services, etc. Describing trends in Tourism (numbers, graphs, statistics)
Gastronomy	Culinary tourism Describing dishes / menus to visitors Gastronomy in Galicia
Working with visitors	Providing information about attractions and amenities. Giving directions and practical information. Describing monuments /sites of interest (built and environmental heritage) Guided tours - working as a guide
The persuasive language of tourism	Writing and talking about a destination; the use of specific language (adjectives, verbs, collocations, etc.).

Metodoloxías / probas	Competencias / Resultados	Horas lectivas (presenciais e virtuais)	Horas traballo autónomo	Horas totais
Proba obxectiva	A15 B2	4	18	22
Obradoiro	A1 A6 A15 A33 B2	39	47.5	86.5
Proba oral	A13	3	18	21
Lecturas	B6	0	10	10
Análise de fontes documentais	B3 B4 B6	6.5	2	8.5

Atención personalizada		2	0	2

*Os datos que aparecen na táboa de planificación son de carácter orientativo, considerando a heteroxeneidade do alumnado

Metodoloxías	Descrición
Proba obxectiva	Prueba a realizar a finales del cuatrimestre para evaluar la expresión escrita y la comprensión lectora del alumno además de su dominio de la gramática, sintaxis y campos semánticos especializados.
Obradoiro	Clases prácticas en las que el alumno trabajará en clase con el material necesario y recibirá la información precisa para el desarrollo de sus habilidades comunicativas, tanto a nivel escrito como a nivel oral.
Proba oral	Diferentes actividades orales tanto improvisadas como guiadas (role playing activities, discussions about articles, guided dialogues...) que se realizarán a lo largo del cuatrimestre para evaluar la habilidad comunicativa a nivel oral del alumno, mejorar la fluidez y la expresión espontánea.
Lecturas	Lectura de artículos relacionados con el sector turístico para discusión y debate en clase.
Análise de fontes documentais	Ejercicios de &quot;listening&quot; con material auditivo o audiovisual.

Metodoloxías	Competencias / Resultados	Descrición	Cualificación
Proba oral	A13	The final oral exam will consist of two parts: Part 1: Guided tour of monuments /route within the city of A Coruña (20%) Part 2: speaking exercise about one topic related to the structure of the travel and tourism industry and/or a description of a typical Galician dish/ menu to a group of visitors (10%)	30
Proba obxectiva	A15 B2	Final written exam at the end of the semester that may consist of ANY combination of the following: vocabulary (gap fills, definitions, translation); reading comprehension; short texts for translation; description of graph or chart illustrating trends in tourism	50
Obradoiro	A1 A6 A15 A33 B2	Coursework: ANY combination of the following: Reading comprehensions; summaries; compositions; translation; description of trends in tourism; persuasive text describing a destination	20

Observacións avaliación
<p> Attendance is COMPULSORY. An 80% attendance rate entitles students to the 50% written exam; 30% oral exams; 20% continuous assessment option. </p><p>Students who do not comply with this requirement will be examined on the basis of 70% written exam; 30% oral exams. </p><p>Students must obtain a passing grade (50%) in both the written exam and the oral part.</p><p>Students who are unable to comply with the 80% attendance requirements due to exemption from attendance as stipulated in regulations to this effect published by the University of A Coruña (Art. 3.b  e 4.5 Normas de availación, revisión e reclamación das cualificacións dos estudos de grao e mestrado universitario (Art 3 e 8b), will be assessed in the following way: 70% written exam; 30% oral tests: 20% tourist route and 10% class presentation (a minimum passing grade is required in each section of the oral exam)</p><p>In the second opportunity (July) students will be assessed as follows: 70% written exam and 30% oral exams. If students passed either the written exam or oral test in the first opportunity, this grade will be maintained for the second opportunity. This is ONLY valid for the two opportunities corresponding to the academic year in course. </p>

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