PrefaceName______________________________ Class____________________________________________
Vocabulary: Eating Out 1 Complete each of these sentences with the correct option. 1 Tomorrow, we are _______ our visitors from Russia. a) eating out b) receiving c) entertaining
2 I don't know where to take my guests. Can you _________________ a good restaurant in the centre? a) recommend b) invite c)choose
3 I'm hungry. Let's have a look at the _______. a) bill b) menu c) card
4 For the main _______________________ I think I'll have the moussaka[1]. a) part b) course c) dish
5 Prawn cocktail is a very popular ______. a) starter b) dessert c) opener
6 ______ is a kind of vegetable. a) Goulash b) Stew c) Onion 7 They have cod, tuna, ______________ and many other kinds of fish. a) eel b) lamb c) peach
8 If you are in a restaurant in the States, at the end of the meal you ask for the ___________ a) bill b) check c)tip
9 Thank you very much. That was a lovely ______. I really enjoyed it. a) food b) menu c) meal
10 Here's the bill, sir. Do you need a ______? a) response b) receipt c) recipe
[1] Фр. кул. блюдо: мусака (фаршированные баклажаны, тушенные с помидорами и яйцами) Contents Preface....................................................................................... 4 Module 1 Unit 1. At a Hotel...................................................................... 6 Unit 2. Accommodation Industry........................................... 14 Unit3. Hotel Facilities and Other Services.............................. 25 Unit 4. Conference Facilities................................................... 41 Questions for Module Control 1............................................... 51 Module 2 Unit 5. Food and Beverage Service......................................... 53 Unit 6. The Reception Area..................................................... 69 Unit 7. Careers in the Hotel Industry...................................... 82 Unit 8. Hotel and Motel Chains.............................................. 89 Questions for Module Control 2............................................... 99 References............................................................................. 102 Preface
Theproposed textbook is calculated for a language course for students majoring in “Hotel Hospitality”. The course concentrates on the main aspects of hotel business, its regulation, research and development, latest trends and future prospects, awareness of which is essential for professionals in hotel industry. The goals of the course, therefore, are: · to get a systematic knowledge of hotel business; perspectives of making different careers in hotel industry; · to become aware of recent developments, latest trends and future prospects in hotel business; · to get acquainted with the major aspects of hotel, its origins, operations and types; · to learn about regulation, research and development in hotel business; · to get acquainted with the major aspects of hotels promotion, its methods and types; · to learn to objectively evaluate the information presented in the Ukrainian and foreign media; · to acquire basic skills of serving customers in English, paying attention both to verbal and non-verbal languages; · to become aware of sales conversation and its set pattern; · to build confidence in working in English with effective communication strategies; · to improve the skills of group discussion, applying knowledge from different tourism-related disciplines; · to broaden thesaurus of tourism terms. The knowledge gained from the course will also contribute to students’ all-round economic and tourist education. Such a knowledge and skills will allow prospective hotel managers to fluently orient in professional resources in English; to think in professional categories and solve professional tasks; to deal with customers and partners; and, therefore, to integrate into tourism research and development on the global scale. The course is intended for students who already have a basic knowledge of English. It comprises theoretical fundamentals of tourism and provides for the input in a wide range of contexts relevant to the field. The choice of topics and varied tasks are suited to the needs of prospective tourism professionals, providing many opportunities for students to speak English, applying their knowledge from different professionally-oriented disciplines. The teaching material comes from a wide range of sources related to the tourism industry, including Ukrainian, Russian, British and American textbooks in tourism, travel- and tourism-related websites, travel and hotels brochures, journals, etc. In tourism industry English language skills are both a daily requirement and essential for career advancement. In addition, the tourist industry is very customer-focused, so speaking skills are of the utmost importance. Therefore, we have provided a wide range of communicative practice. The textbook can also be used for self-studying or for the purpose of all-round education. We hope that our coursebook will be useful for teachers and students who are interested in language, tourism and hotel business.
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