The Education

Can you imagine being charged for using the toilets on a flight? Well...this is not far from happening. The Irish lowcost airline Ryanair is planning to do just that. Please read the article to find out a little bit more and watch the video to hear Ryanair´s Chief Executive´s reasons for this policy. - What is your opinion on this? - Can you make any sense of this policy? I will be waiting for your comments

Here are some of my students´ podcasts related to topics linked to tourism: reasons to travel, opinions on tipping, flying, etc. These podcasts are produced by my students through a voice forum in which they participate on a regular basis. Thanks to all of them for their participation and their interesting opinions.

In the last decade or so we have started to hear the term Responsible Tourism and to read articles about it. Here I am including a video that shows how RESPONSIBLE TOURISTS are needed. The video displays how the Italian canal city of Venice is becoming dirtier and dirtier. The locals are complaining that mass tourism has made their canal city dirty, and authorities have launched a campaign to raise awareness about this and encourage tourists to be responsible and respect the places visited.

Apart from sharing with you online teaching and learning material related to English for Tourism, today I also wanted to share with you a piece of good news which I received last week. On Tuesday I was granted the Award for the Excellence of Online Teaching 2008 at the Universidad de Huelva . I would like to thank the university, both my classroom and virtual students, all of you that follow this blog and those that often write to me encouraging me to continue with this blog and my work. A sincere THANK YOU! Here is a picture of the award: