ERIC Number: EJ1364870
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-2011-6721
EISSN: EISSN-2322-9721
A CLIL Curriculum Design for Future Professionals of Hospitality and Tourism Management
Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, v15 n1 Article e1513 Jan-Jun 2022
This paper outlines a description of research carried out at a public university in Colombia where students of the Hospitality and Tourism Management program took four general English levels in 2017 as a requirement to graduate. According to the data collected, these levels were not enough to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to interact in English. This need, determined through questionnaires, and a CNA report were the starting point of this research study, whose main objective was to enrich students' language learning skills and knowledge through a CLIL curriculum. This participatory action research is framed within a qualitative study. After designing, implementing, and piloting one unit, including four lessons, we determined that not only students' language learning skills can be improved but also their confidence, participation, solidarity, and awareness of their and others' learning process through the activities designed and strategies proposed by this approach.
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Tourism, Hospitality Occupations, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Action Research, Participatory Research, Pilot Projects, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, State Universities, Undergraduate Students, Curriculum Development
Universidad de La Sabana. Campus del Puente del Común, Km. 7, Autopista Norte de Bogotá. Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia. Tel: +57-1-861-5555 Ext 41011; e-mail: laclil@unisabana.edu.co; Web site: http://laclil.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/LACLIL/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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