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Needs analysis for tour operator placements: English for tourism in southern Thailand /

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dc.contributor.authorKoedsook, Penporn,
dc.contributor.schoolUniversity of South Australia. School of Education.
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Education.
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description1 ethesis (xv, 241 pages) :
dc.descriptionillustrations (some colour).
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-170)
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated the English for Specific Purposes (ESP) needs of Thai university tourism students during their placements as tour operators. It explored both English language requirements and the particular learning needs of students through observation and interviews with students, staff and tour operators.Based on the analysis of target situation necessities,fluency within particular communicative events was identified as an overarching English language requirement, while communicative competence, scaffolding and learner autonomy were identified as key learning needs.
dc.description.dissertationThesis (DEducation)--University of South Australia, 2015.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/112053
dc.language.isoen
dc.provenanceCopyright 2015 Penporn Koedsook. This work is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs Australia 3.0 licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/)
dc.subject.lcshEnglish language
dc.subject.lcshx Study and teaching
dc.subject.lcshx Foreign speakers.
dc.subject.lcshHospitality industry
dc.subject.lcshTourism
dc.titleNeeds analysis for tour operator placements: English for tourism in southern Thailand /
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