Improve My English for Hospitality

English courses specifically for the tourism and hospitality sector.

Improve My English for Hospitality is a highly practical ESP course that is designed to prepare learners to work in the hospitality industry and to communicate confidently in a variety of common situations that arise with guests, visitors and tourists.

It is suitable for both in-work and pre-work learning environments and covers typical situations that staff will encounter on a day-to-day basis. There is an emphasis on authentic, real-life language that can be immediately used either face-to-face, or on the telephone.

 

At a Glance

  • Level: CEFR A2 - B1

  • Number of Lessons: 30 (Digital)

  • Lesson Duration: Approx. 45 mins

  • Key Content: Checking in and out (procedures, services, directions); Phone calls – front office (reservations, enquiries, explaining facilities); Managing guests’ needs (dealing with complaints and special requests), Work life (duties and responsibilities, procedures and systems)

Key Features

  • Typical situations that staff will encounter in a hospitality environment.

  • Language that has been checked and validated by hospitality professionals.

  • Detailed feedback on each activity, plus a full grammar reference to support learning and review.

  • A functional syllabus aligned to the most common interactions in hotel and tourist office settings.

  • Skills practice in speaking, listening and pronunciation.

  • Extensive use of listening material that features guests and visitors speaking in different accents.

  • Record and playback activities for learners to practise communicating in a variety of different situations that are typical of hospitality work.

  • Vocabulary building exercises to increase range and control of both common phrases and technical words related to hospitality and tourist information services

  • Optional live lessons with an English Language Tutor which focus on speaking skills and complement digital lessons.

Focus on Function

The course has a strong emphasis on functional skills and building the knowledge and use of tourism specific vocabulary. Learners will also improve their oral skills through regular practice aimed at developing international intelligibility.

Exposure to a wide variety of English accents (both native and non-native) helps users develop confidence when dealing with visitors from around the world, and record and playback activities provide valuable practice with appropriate language and responses in a variety of common hotel scenarios.