A Helpful Research Method for My Topic

Development of Task-Based English Oral Communication Course

for EFL Undergraduate Tourism Students

Nisita Rittapirom

I found this study focused on the material development in ESP context, to teach tourism students in Songkhla Rajabhat University, Thailand. To gain information about the target tasks frequently performed by hotel front desk, how language is used in reality, oral communicative problems, and the communicative strategies, the researcher did an in-depth need analysis from semi-structured interviews with 15 hotel managerial positions and 20 working alumni in hotel industry. She also used questionnaire to gather information from 60 senior tourism students with field experience, documentary research, and site observation. She listed the course components, language features and intelligibility, also verbal and non-verbal communication skills. This research is very helpful for ESP curriculum development, and as the example of the study I wanted to conduct; in aviation industry. However, document study and site observation will be the challenges for me. 

Asian EFL Journal, 2017