Today, Uzbekistan is on the path of integration into the world space. Every year, more and more new branches of our economy are conquering world markets. The tourism and hospitality sector has been developing rapidly over the past decade.
Tourism is not only a way for people to learn about the world, but also the most promising area of the economy, which contributes to the intensification of international contacts and the expansion of cross - cultural ties.
However, the labor market in this area is not so good. Travel companies and the hospitality industry have a great need for professionally trained, highly qualified specialists. After all, tourism managers and other specialists in the hotel and restaurant business must have a good knowledge of not only management, Tourism and Economics, but also be fluent in one or even two languages.
Today, a foreign language has become a necessary element in all spheres of human activity. Knowledge of languages opens all doors of opportunities, especially these skills are important in the tourism sector.
Of particular importance is the professionally oriented approach to teaching foreign languages, which provides for the development of students ' foreign language communication skills in non-language universities. For specialists in the tourism industry, the necessary conditions for successful professional activity are awareness of the features of the communication process, knowledge of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques, communication strategies and communicative competence, which includes the ability to use a foreign language to achieve professionally significant goals. Considering the goals of teaching a foreign language, it is worth noting that this is a pre-planned result of pedagogical activity, which can be achieved with the help of other components of learning such as: content, methods, conditions, teaching tools, etc., which are formed under the influence of society and affect other components of learning.
The main goals of the educational process in a foreign language are educational, developmental and practical. The educational goal involves the formation of a cultural, tolerant personality, able to communicate freely with foreign partners.
The development goal is aimed at developing attention, memory, logical thinking and business skills of the future specialist.
The practical goal is to teach the student to use the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge of a foreign language and professional terminology in practice during direct or telephone communication with representatives of foreign travel companies and hotel complexes.
In other words, teaching a foreign language is not only the assimilation of certain lexical, grammatical and syntactic material, but also the simultaneous combination of language elements with cultural elements in teaching.
Tourism is a sphere of human activity in which communication is the most important, so the practical knowledge of a foreign language is of great importance in the professional activities of future specialists in the tourism industry.
Taking into account the importance of knowledge of English, the "Silk Road» International University of Tourism organizes intensive English courses for students, employees, as well as for employees of the tourism sector.
Summer months we have declared for months the English language. Intensive English language courses are also organized for the University staff. At the moment, the group, consisting of 23 people, already has a full program of interactive online lessons. They are led by a highly qualified specialist-teacher with international experience Alisher Kamilov, who has worked at universities around the world such as the University of Tokyo and Gakugei University (Japan), the University of Oregon and California state University (America), who shares his knowledge and skills. It is noteworthy that distance classes are held free of charge on a voluntary basis.