Esp curriculum for higher education in uzbekistan

2. Aims of the syllabus 
General aims 
1 
Prepare students to use professional English in the tourism industry
2. 
Acquire positive attitudes and values towards individual and professional issues 
3. 
Develop critical and analytical skills in assessing issues for objective decision-making 
4. 
Use enquiry and problem-solving skills for solving personal and work problems 
5. 
Broaden students’ outlook on tourism-related issues.
6. 
Raise students’ intercultural awareness and intercultural sensitivity 
3. Objectives Language Skills  
By the end of the course students will to be able to:
 

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Language skills: 
 
Reading 
5 read reference materials (dictionaries, directories, Yellow Pages, Wikipedia) 
5 read professional e-mails, letters, articles, books, reports, posters (at exhibitions, 
conferences) 
5 read price lists and catalogues 
5 read curriculum vitae/resumes, job descriptions, profiles 
5 read product/service descriptions, design specifications 
5 read advertisements (job advertisements, product advertisements) 
5 read proposals, recommendations, tenders, applications 
5 read operating manuals, instructions, safety instructions, warning labels. 
5 read professional notices, internal messages 
 
Writing 
3 complete forms, write curriculum vitae, professional emails, professional letters 
3 write hand-outs/Power Points (for presentations, lectures, meetings.) 
3 write proposals and recommendations 
3 write job descriptions, profiles 
3 produce forms 
3 write product/service descriptions, design specifications 
 
Listening  
• listen to professional talks, presentations 
• listen and follow hand-outs, Power Points (e.g. talks/ lectures at conferences, 
meetings) 
• listen to professional telephone conversations 
• listen to descriptions and explanations of service.
• listen to instructions and warnings, e.g. safety procedures, operating instructions
• listen to talks/lectures and take notes (e.g. at meetings, training sessions)