Enhanced Teaching of Word Combinations in Tourism Study Programmes in Slovenia

Živa Ceh
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Živa Ceh: University of Primorska, Slovenia

Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 2011, vol. 4, issue 1, 83-92

Abstract: The paper reports on a research into teaching English with special attention to word combinations recently conducted at the Faculty of Tourism Studies in Portorož, Slovenia. The study involved two groups of students studying English as a foreign language. We aimed to find out whether enhanced teaching of word combinations influences students’ test results in general language tests. While the control group was taught with no special attention paid to word combinations, the experimental group received a considerable amount of exercises and the students were constantly reminded of the importance of word combinations in the English language. Both groups were tested at the beginning and end of the academic year with two tests, the Oxford Placement Test and the Test of English for International Communication and students also had to fill in Common European Framework Self-assessment Forms. The data analysis indicates that the experimental group scored better results.

Keywords: teaching English for specific purposes; language of tourism; word combinations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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