English should enable you to communicate with the guests and have a theoretical approach of the catering and hospitality industry, whatever your specialisation.
Analysis of professional situations will be necessary. The permanent questions should be: why am I doing this and how can I improve the situation?
Whatever your specialisation, you will be expected to study every aspect of the course.
Besides you will find a list of essential links in order to enable you to improve your English.
Apart from the fact that English is widely spoken all around the world, this is also a language often used by professional caterers and hotelkeepers.
This course will be mainly about using English as a professional tool. Therefore the course will be closely linked with other vocational subjects and students will be expected to speak about professional matters.
Students should be able to communicate in English at all times when in class.
You will work with one English teacher, but you will see that working with hospitality specialists is essential. Thus technology teachers and professionals will sometimes take part in the English training.
The use of audio and video files being essential in your training, the computer room and the CDR will be used on a very regular basis.
Do not hesitate to get in touch if need be.
There is no course book, but a series of chapters will be handed out.
I nonetheless recommend the use of the bibliography and webography which you will find in the documents.
Every extra exercise is assessed.
Working on professional press articles is part of your training and you may expect to fill in MCQ papers on a regular basis to check your undertanding.
Each chapter ends with a test.
A 20-minute preparation
You will have to listen to a recording or watch a video. You will have 20 minutes to understand and prepare its oral presentation.
A 20-minute presentation of the document
You will have to present the document and analyse it. You will then be expected to talk about your professional and linguistic experience.
The coefficient of the subject is 2.
You have two years to be ready.
NB There is no written assessment.
Progressive acquisition of new vocabulary is absolutely necessary.
You should pay much attention to the new words and make vocabulary lists.