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Tour Guide Program

Description

This four-week program is designed for international students who have interest in the Tourism Industry and hope to improve their English and leadership skills.
Through this program, guide-training classes will be held in
the mornings from 8:30-11:30 covering topics such as:
tourism-related vocabulary, guiding language, confidence in
public speaking as well as resume and interview preparations.
Leadership and confidence will be challenged through projects and presentations.
In the afternoon from 12:30-15:30, English communication and topic lessons will be offered. On Fridays, there will be full-day sightseeing tours
where students will gain additional knowledge about the Rocky Mountains.

Program Includes • Resume preparation • People, geography and attractions of Canada • Directions and general inquiries • Effective telephone communication • Airlines, airports and tickets • Hotel services and amenities • Checking in and out • The language of hospitality staff • Types of accommodations • Scheduling and keeping schedules • Tourism and eco-tourism • Receiving complaints and offering apologies • Parks Canada services and management			Overview This four-week program is designed for international and Canadian students who hope to use English in the tourism Industry.
			Starting Dates April 5 to April 30,2010 May 3 to May 28,2010

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Tour Guide Course 8:30-11:30	Tour Guide Course 8:30-11:30	Tour Guide Course 8:30-11:30	Tour Guide Course 8:30-11:30	Full Day SightSeeing Tours
Topic Lessons 12:30- 3:45	Topic Lessons 12:30- 3:45	Topic Lessons 12:30- 3:45	Topic Lessons 12:30- 3:45	Full Day SightSeeing Tours

Tour Guide Program

*Note: Our Tour Guide Program is for students that meet the CLB 4+ Level requirement. Our LOHAS Program is for students at a CLB 5+ Level. The levels are intermediate/Advanced levels. Placement Testing will be on the first day of classes. If a student does not meet the required level or if there are less than 5 students registered for this course, students will be transfered to our English Communication Gold Program.

Prices

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As this course is only 4 weeks, many students take a combination of different programs. Please contact BEC for a quotation for multiple program combinations.

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