Educational projects for tourism as a leisure scenery, recreation and communicative competences in English: linguistics strengthening in students for their professional development
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v73.117887Keywords:
Communicative competences, english, leisure and recreation, project-based learning, tourism trainingAbstract
Introduction: The development of communicative competences in the English language constitutes an essential requirement for the professional training of students in the tourism sector, since the internationalization of tourism activities demands effective interactions in real contexts of leisure, recreation, and service.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of contextualized educational projects in leisure and recreation settings on the strengthening of communicative competences in English among tourism students.
Methodology: The study was developed under a quantitative approach. A quasi-experimental design with pretest and posttest was applied, and the level or scope of the research was explanatory.
Results: A high perception of professional usefulness was observed, as the project-based methodology focused on leisure and recreation favored the connection between English learning and the professional field of tourism.
Discussion: The discussion of results confirms that contextualized educational projects in leisure and recreation scenarios constitute an effective pedagogical strategy to strengthen communicative competences in English within tourism training.
Conclusions: The research demonstrated that, in the study context, the implementation of contextualized educational projects in leisure and recreation settings significantly strengthened the communicative competences in English of tourism students.
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