ENGLISH LANGUAGE CURRICULUM CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Abstract
As stated in the Strategy for Tourism Development in the period from 2016 to 2025, the development of efficient tourism policy includes the enhancement of the Republic of Serbia tourism products and services and the advancement of human resources and labor market. In this respect, the changing educational paradigm of the current subjects and courses could produce the favorable results. Starting from the premise that effective curricula design could lend itself to tourism development in Serbia, this paper focuses on the curriculum of English language taught at tertiary level of education. The insights obtained from the documents related to the topic, on one hand, and relevant literature on teaching methodology, on the other, provide the basis for this descriptive study. Its main objective is to propose an effective English language curriculum designed to contribute towards tourism development. The design has been described in terms of curriculum framework components and sub-processes, as suggested by relevant specialists.
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