This book emphasizes the ‘French for Specific Purpose’ approach, preparing the learners for meaningful interaction in a linguistically diverse global workforce. Focusing on the two domains of tourism—hôtellerie and restaurant—the book will help learners understand the proper usage of terminologies relevant to the discipline, trace the origin of some words used in the English language, and pronounce the French words properly. This book also provides information and viewpoints distinct to the foreign language and culture. Both communicative and grammatical approaches have been used in this textbook. It is believed that it will be difficult to communicate in French if a learner is not familiar with how a sentence is constructed in French, which is why grammar cannot be disregarded. The dialogues presented are based on actual workforce situations as described by people who work in the hospitality industry. Some of them were the experiences of the author’s former students and of seafarers. Cultural notes that deal with the French lifestyle were narrated based on the author’s acquaintances living in France and other French-speaking countries. These provide insight into how learners can deal with foreign guests and employers. Vocabulary exercises in the form of puzzles, word finders, and crosswords are expected to enhance the learners’ memory; communicative tasks can spark the learners’ creativity and team-building and communication skills; grammatical exercises serve as the best practice for linguistic competence; and writing tasks also develop creativity, critical thinking, and reasoning ability. Foreign Language I (Basic French for Hospitality Management and Tourism I)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARIA GLADYS GALINATO-TOMAS
She teaches part-time at the Manila Tytana Colleges, San Beda College-Alabang, and Assumption College-San Lorenzo, Makati. She handles foreign language subjects—French, Spanish, Nihongo, German, and Italian. She has an AB Mass Communication degree from St. Scholastica’s College-Manila and took up her Master in Business Administration at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines-Manila. She formerly taught at the Far Eastern University-Manila, Lyceum of the Philippines-Cavite, and Colegio San Agustin-Biñan. She took up her French language training at the Alliance Francaise de Manille and is also a member of the Association des Professeurs de Francais aux Philippines (APFP) since 2014. She took a 30-hour training on French for Tourism in 2014 at Alliance Francaise. Being the founder and executive director of the MGGT Language Tutorial Center, she tailored her language teaching to the needs of the clients; thus, her instruction is focused on language for special purposes.
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