A importância da língua inglesa para o profissional do turismo: motivações e desafios dos discentes.

Abstract

This work aimed to approach the importance of the English language to the tourism professional. The main objective of this work was to analyze the difficulties presented by the students of the Course regarding the learning of the English Language in view of the importance of mastery of this language to the professional in the area; as specific objectives proposed to approach the methodologies of English Language Teaching, to investigate the English Language proficiency of the students of the Course of Tourism, to verify the methods adopted for the English Language learning by the students of the Course and to discuss the importance of learning English Language for the professional. For this purpose, a qualitative-quantitative research was used. Data were collected through questionnaires. It was tried to answer which is the most used means as study resource to reach the fluency in the English Language, as well as the motivational factors and challenges. It was observed that the majority of the students do not have fluency in English language and score as main difficulties the listening and pronunciation.