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Hotel receptionist course with British level B1 certificate

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Hotel receptionist course with British level B1 certificate In-person training Free Formattemp
"Nuove Frontiere Lavoro", in collaboration with the training organization "Idee Insieme" and thanks to the "Formatemp" fund, is publishing a Hotel Receptionist course in English with a British Institutes B1 ESOL INTERNATIONAL exam.

Among the professions indicated by ISFOL, now INAPP, the figure of the is indicatedHotel Receptionist.

This role welcomes and registers guests at the facilities; provides accommodation services; assigns rooms and delivers the relevant keys; provides information on the services offered; manages reservations and check-in and check-out procedures, keeps track of available rooms; carries out guest check-out procedures and prepares the relevant documentation. (Source: Isfol-FGB elaborations).

To promote better employability on the job market, the exam is planned British Institutes B1 ESOL INTERNATIONAL (for the assessment of English language skills: reading, writing, listening, use of English, speaking), which the students, at no cost to them, will carry out at the prestigious British Institutes of Naples.

Ultimately, it will be the same British Institutes to issue a certificate of competence to those who pass the exams. Il British Institutes, Certifying Body recognized by the MIUR pursuant to Departmental Decree R.0001 1085 of 15/07/2019. In compliance with the aforementioned decree, all ESOL International certifications issued by the British Institute correspond to the CEFR and refer to the Global Scale of the 6 European levels A1-A2-B1-B2-C1-C2.

Funding Body: Formattemp

Promoting Body: New Frontiers of Work

Implementing Body: Ideas Together soc.coop.soc.

Certifying Body: British Institute

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:

The course aims to provide the linguistic skills appropriate to the professional role of Hotel Receptionist, following a guideline in line with that outlined by ISFOL now INAPP.

SPECIFIC CONTENTS:

Specifically, theHotel Receptionist falls within the professional economic sector "tourist services", in the work process “hospitality services” in the air of activity “Customer reception and assistance” as specified:

  • Booking acquisition
  • Customer reception management (Check in)
  • Illustration of hotel and tourist services
  • Customer assistance during the hotel stay
  • Customer satisfaction survey
  • Customer Leave Management (Check-out)

To promote better employability on the job market, the exam is planned British Institutes B1 ESOL INTERNATIONAL for the assessment of English language skills: reading, writing, listening, use of English, speaking which the students, at no cost to them, will carry out at the prestigious British Institutes of Naples which will issue a certificate of competence to those who pass the exam.

British Institutes It is a Certification Body recognized by the MIUR pursuant to Departmental Decree R.0001 1085 of 15/07/2019. In compliance with the aforementioned decree, all ESOL International certifications issued by the British Institute correspond to the CEFR and refer to the Global Scale of the 6 European levels. A1-A2-B1-B2-C1-C2.

At the end of the course, students will be able to manage English-speaking customers, acquiring the following skills:

"customer reception

"analysis and identification of customer needs

"booking management

"receiving and sorting telephone calls

"completing forms and documents

"customer complaint management

"access control to accommodation facilities

"control and custody of customer documents

"taking care of room assignments

"customer information

"customer support

Students will practice listening, comprehension, and production of texts. Multimedia tools will be used in the classroom.

DURATION: 172 HOURS from January 13th to March 11th 2020 – the classroom day will be 4 hours long;

CLASSROOM LESSONS: from Monday to Friday from 09.30 to 13.30;

CERTIFICATE: of frequency Formatemp (minimum 70% of total hours including attendance at mandatory lessons) which gives access to the exam test British Institutes B1 ESOL INTERNATIONAL to be held at the prestigious British Institutes of Naples;

CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE: of the British Institutes B1 ESOL INTERNATIONAL, for those who pass the exam;

EXAM COMPLETION REQUIREMENT: on the date set at the end of the course;

MEMBERSHIPS: To confirm your participation, send an email to: formazione@consorzionuovefrontiere.it Attaching your CV, complete with tax code and identity document/passport, and indicating in the subject line: English-speaking receptionist (By 08/01/2020 at 5:00 PM)

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS: the course is aimed at candidates for temporary work missions (both employed and unemployed) registered and selected by the Employment Agency;
- BASIC knowledge of the English language, even if NOT certified;
- For foreigners, knowledge of the Italian language and grammar, even if NOT certified;

SELECTION METHOD: Access to the course will take place through several preliminary steps:
- Correct submission of the required documentation;
- Analysis of the CV submitted;
- Motivational and skills evaluation interview level BASE to be carried out at our office;

SELECTIONS: Those who have joined will be contacted by email for confirmation. (By 08/01/2020 at 5:00 PM) of the on-site interview on the scheduled day 09/01/2020 from 09.00 at 17.00 hours approximately, both individual and group.

PRICE: Both the course and the certification exam are free (financed by Formatemp);

PROFESSOR: The teacher chosen for the course, a graduate, in addition to having teaching experience in English language courses, is certified AIM AWARDS-ANGLIA – recognized by MIUR – level Advanced Business English (B2).

Course modules

0.1

English level B1

- Entrance test to evaluate initial skills

GRAMMAR AND SYNTAX

-Sentence structure

-How to ask questions

-The progressive form in English verb tenses

-Indefinite and Partitive

-Conjunctions

-Adverbs of time and manner

-Phrasalverbs

- Deepening and using the various forms of the future in English

-Modal verbs

-“To be” and “to have” in compound tenses

-Present Perfect (for-since-just-never-ever-yet)

-Differences between Present Perfect and Simple Past

-Conditional 0 – 1

-Formal/informal language

-How to make predictions in English

-How to express preferences

EXERCISES AND SIMULATIONS

Using grammatical and syntax rules, participants will practice developing the four essential skills:

READING: understand public communications; read short factual texts and demonstrate understanding of the content; demonstrate understanding of language structure

WRITING: use words appropriately and accurately in different written contexts and be able to produce variations on simple sentences.

LISTENING: understand, from listening to short statements tothe meaning of the dialogue in order to extract factual information (times, dates, etc.), show appreciation of the speakers' attitudes and intentions.

SPEAKING: interact in situations that simulate authentic communication to ask and understand questions and give appropriate answers; speak freely to express emotions, reactions, etc.; greet people and respond to greetings (in person or on the telephone); introduce oneself; ask for and provide personal details; help others express their ideas by interrupting a conversation; start a new topic, change the subject, resume, or continue the topic

- SIMULATION PRACTICE TESTS

-Exam simulation

0.2

Duties and functions of the receptionist in hotels

Welcoming the Guests (customer reception)

- Greeting customers - Courtesy form

- Make recordings

- Present the structure

- Accompany to the room

ROOM AND BREAKFAST (bed and breakfast)

- Provide information about the rooms

- Extra services available in the room

- Room price information

- Breakfast - express requests:

MAILING AND PHONE SERVICES

- Receive reservations by phone

- Respond to written reservations

- Confirm reservations by fax or email

- Problem Solving (Formulas)

HOTEL SERVICES (hotel services)

- Time: ask the time and answer

- Provide information about the hotel's services

- Provide information about places of interest near the hotel

- Take reservations for the hotel restaurant

INFORMATION AND MESSAGES (information and messages)

- Give directions to the location of the room

- Fulfill requests and handle complaints

- Write down messages

- Provide rental cars

SPECIAL DEAL (hotel offers)

-Reservation for meals to be consumed in the room

-Sale of products in the hotel boutiques

-Offer leisure programs

Offers and places of interest (offers and places of interest)

-Directions

-Suggest organized trips

-Differences between informal and formal context

DEPARTURE: GUESTS LEAVE THE ROOM (guests' departure)

-Wake-up service

-Deliver the bill to customers/payments

-Make sure that the stay was pleasant

-Take your leave

-Lost items

Simulations in HOTEL

The class is divided into groups of two. In each group, one student plays the role of the receptionist and the other plays the role of the customer. Each group is given a handout beforehand that briefly summarizes the situation to be simulated. (request for price information, request for information on the services offered, specific customer needs, complaints, etc.)Conducted in turns, each simulation is observed by all students; prompted and corrected by the teacher; and discussed in plenary at the end.

0.3

Rights and duties of temporary workers

Rights and duties of temporary workers

0.4

Safety in the workplace

Safety and health in the workplace