Incidence of a New Technical English Manual for Tourism to fit the Specific Language Requirements of Tour Guides of the YASUNÍ National Park during the term August 2006-January 2007

Abstract

The following is a dissertation, which deals with the different situations in what respects to MASTERING A SET OF SPECIFIC ENGLISH VOCABULARY; this is accomplished by tour guides of the YASUNÍ National Park during their performance of their job, the use of every day vocabulary, and the proficiency they have reached in what respects to ENGLISH FOR TOURISM. The first part of the present work begins with the identification of the problem, its variables, objectives and justification to do such research paper. In the second section it was necessary to include a literature review; this part includes the meaning, origin and importance of language, the existing languages in England before English and its periods and language acquisition. It continues with and introduction about tourism, its meaning and development in the last centuries, the concept of tourism, and how it s been subdivided in our country. I also talk about the Ecuadorian guides, with emphasis of those of the YASUNÍ Park and the importance of English in the tourism industry. The third part of the research project explains about the type of research, the population included the sample, and how the data was collected and analyzed.