Having read TotemTourism’s Sustainable Tourism Report 2013/14, now watch these videos showing two eco-friendly options:
1. World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOPF), a movement that links volunteers with organic farms and growers. Click on http://www.wwoof.net/welcome-to-wwoof/
2. Hotel Costa Vella, a boutique hotel in Santiago de Compostela. Click on the link to watch an interview to the owner, Mr. José Antonio Linares. Also available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQGdi2upnw&list=UUUcJDfIcA-oO4gFR5o0tjDA.
If you wish, you can visit the hotel’s website at: http://www.costavella.com/
Then answer the following questions:
-After watching the videos, which option appeals more to you as a user? Why?
-Which one would you prefer to work for? Why?
-After reading the report, which aspect do you find most surprising / interesting / disturbing? Why?
-Do you agree that “in today’s sustainable tourism world there are massive opportunities – not just economic but social, environmental and cultural too”?
-As future professionals in the tourism industry, how could you take advantage of such “massive opportunities”?
viernes, 7 de marzo de 2014
lunes, 10 de febrero de 2014
Job interviews
Getting ready for job
interviews can be the key to a successful career.
Click on the link and watch the videos on how to prepare for a job interview: How to prepare for a job interview
Click on the link and watch the videos on how to reply to questions at a job interview: How to reply to questions
Now watch the job interview simulations and make constructive comments based on the tips from the videos you've watched. Have the guidelines been followed? What are the main strengths of each candidate? How could they improve their performance? Were their answers to the questions suitable? Do you think they would get the post of Assistant Front Office Manager? Why/why not? And what about the interviewers' questions... were they pertinent? Did the interviewers do a good job?
Finally, provide the interviewees/interviewers with feedback relating to the following assessment criteria:
-Linguistic use: grammar/vocabulary accuracy, range and appropriacy
-Task achievement: efficient achievement of communicative purpose, content relevance and extent
-Fluency and pronunciation: speech flow, intonation, stress and rhythm
-Communicative resources: use of linguistic and non-linguistic resources, support materials and attitude
Click on the link and watch the videos on how to prepare for a job interview: How to prepare for a job interview
Click on the link and watch the videos on how to reply to questions at a job interview: How to reply to questions
Now watch the job interview simulations and make constructive comments based on the tips from the videos you've watched. Have the guidelines been followed? What are the main strengths of each candidate? How could they improve their performance? Were their answers to the questions suitable? Do you think they would get the post of Assistant Front Office Manager? Why/why not? And what about the interviewers' questions... were they pertinent? Did the interviewers do a good job?
Finally, provide the interviewees/interviewers with feedback relating to the following assessment criteria:
-Linguistic use: grammar/vocabulary accuracy, range and appropriacy
-Task achievement: efficient achievement of communicative purpose, content relevance and extent
-Fluency and pronunciation: speech flow, intonation, stress and rhythm
-Communicative resources: use of linguistic and non-linguistic resources, support materials and attitude
Job interview simulation 1
Watch the first job interview and post your comments.
You can also click on this link: Job interview simulation 1
You can also click on this link: Job interview simulation 1
Job interview simulation 2
Watch the second job interview simulation and post your comments.
You can also click on this link: Job interview simulation 2
You can also click on this link: Job interview simulation 2
Job interview simulation 3
Watch the third job interview simulation and post your comments.
You can also click on this link: Job interview simulation 3
You can also click on this link: Job interview simulation 3
lunes, 23 de diciembre de 2013
lunes, 2 de diciembre de 2013
Where the hell's Matt?
Matt Harding was a video-game designer in his early 20s, traveling the world. On a whim, he put together the now-immortal video “Where the Hell Is Matt?” It consisted entirely of short clips of Matt, a non-dancer, doing his “stupid dance” in one famous world location after another, edited to a great, soaring song. The result had a power, a universality, a happiness, that drove it to become one of YouTube’s most popular videos. As a result, NTOs even paid Matt to dance in their country!
Every couple of years, Matt has followed up with another similar. Each time, he raised the stakes: underwater dancing, zero-gravity dancing, dancing with other people in each country… And in 2012 Matt released his new video. It was a big departure — and it was a masterpiece.
This time, it’s not Matt just swinging his arms, stepping in place. This time, he actually learned to dance, often in the style of the country he was visiting. As a result, there’s a feeling of collaboration, of immersion, that wasn’t in the earlier videos. The kicker is the final shot. After all those joyous, wordless clips from 50 countries, the final scene is perfection. And it’s hard not to tear up… isn’t it?
Click on this link and watch the video: Where the hell's Matt? (also available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe-pA6TaZk). You’ll probably need a couple of viewings. You might also want to watch the funny outtakes. Afterwards, make your comments regarding the role of Matt’s videos in terms of:
-The promotion of tourist destinations.
-The raising of cross-cultural awareness, cultural integration and the question of authenticity vs. trivialization when representing local cultures.
-Political correctness (Matt blurred the dancers’ faces in Syria for their safety).
-Transformational tourism: how can travel and tourism deliver experiences that teach us values of altruism, tolerance, honesty, morality, peace, justice, and service to others? How can travel and tourism help us with personal growth, inner development, self-actualization, and social and cultural transformation?
-Any other topic you consider relevant enough.
Did you like the video?
Adapted from Pogue’s Posts, by David Pogue
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/behind-the-dancing-matt-videos/?_r=0
Every couple of years, Matt has followed up with another similar. Each time, he raised the stakes: underwater dancing, zero-gravity dancing, dancing with other people in each country… And in 2012 Matt released his new video. It was a big departure — and it was a masterpiece.
This time, it’s not Matt just swinging his arms, stepping in place. This time, he actually learned to dance, often in the style of the country he was visiting. As a result, there’s a feeling of collaboration, of immersion, that wasn’t in the earlier videos. The kicker is the final shot. After all those joyous, wordless clips from 50 countries, the final scene is perfection. And it’s hard not to tear up… isn’t it?
Click on this link and watch the video: Where the hell's Matt? (also available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwe-pA6TaZk). You’ll probably need a couple of viewings. You might also want to watch the funny outtakes. Afterwards, make your comments regarding the role of Matt’s videos in terms of:
-The promotion of tourist destinations.
-The raising of cross-cultural awareness, cultural integration and the question of authenticity vs. trivialization when representing local cultures.
-Political correctness (Matt blurred the dancers’ faces in Syria for their safety).
-Transformational tourism: how can travel and tourism deliver experiences that teach us values of altruism, tolerance, honesty, morality, peace, justice, and service to others? How can travel and tourism help us with personal growth, inner development, self-actualization, and social and cultural transformation?
-Any other topic you consider relevant enough.
Did you like the video?
Adapted from Pogue’s Posts, by David Pogue
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/behind-the-dancing-matt-videos/?_r=0
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