China Ready!
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-48031-5 (ISBN)
China Ready! prepares students and independent learners to work in the hospitality and tourism industry for high-value tourism business coming from China to English-speaking countries. The book focuses on listening and speaking skills – essential skills for learners.
This book’s features include the following:
• Important cultural and social awareness factors for interacting with clients from China
• Vocabulary
• Real-life scenarios
• Situational role playing and interactive listening
• Experiential exercises to encourage learning outside the classroom
The book is aimed at students who have attained the Common European Framework Reference (CEFR) A2 level and will bring them up to the CEFR B2/C1 level or 汉语水平 考试 (HSK) 4/5.
Catherine Hua Xiang (项骅) is the East Asian language coordinator at the London School of Economics and Political Science (伦敦政经经济学院). She is also the programme director of the bachelor of science in international relations programme and the Chinese and UK director of LSE Confucius Institute for Business London. As an experienced academic leader and applied linguist in higher education, she is skilled in intercultural communication, translation, foreign languages, lecturing, TV, and public speaking. Her previous publications include Mastering Chinese – The Complete Course for Beginners, Cases on Audio-visual Media in Language Education, and Teaching and Learning Chinese in Higher Education: Theoretical and Practical Issues. Originally from Shanghai, Catherine has been living and working in the UK for 20 years. Xuan Lorna Wang (王暄) is the deputy head of the Department of Hospitality at the University of Surrey (萨里大学), where she also leads an executive course on hotel investment and asset management and supervises doctoral students. She earned her PhD at Oxford Brookes University and holds a visiting professorship at the University of Angers, France. Lorna is a senior fellow of Higher Education Academy and fellow of Hospitality Professional Association. She serves on the editorial boards of leading international journals, such as the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management; the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research; the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management; and the Service Industries Journal.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Polite Daily Expressions
Greetings and Welcoming Guests
Hotel Check-in and Check-out
Introducing Hotel Facilities
Hotel Services (1)
Hotel Services (2)
Requests and Problem-Solving
Dealing with Incidents
Talking about Areas Nearby
What is Going on Now
Touristic Shopping
Introducing Local Food and Drinks
Introducing Local Customs
Describing a Place or Visitor Attraction (1)
Describing a Place or Visitor Attraction (2)
Appendix
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Tables, black and white; 177 Halftones, black and white; 177 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 520 g |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-48031-2 / 1138480312 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-48031-5 / 9781138480315 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
aus dem Bereich
