Higher Education Students' Motivations to Choose Bilingual Courses in Tourism Management
Yuan Yuan Liu, Natalja Lace, Nadezda Koleda, Lu Lu Chen
Proceedings of the 14th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC 2023, pp. 149-155 (2023); https://doi.org/10.54808/IMCIC2023.01.149
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The 14th International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC 2023
Virtual Conference March 28 - 31, 2023 Proceedings of IMCIC 2023 ISSN: 2771-5914 (Print) ISBN (Volume): 978-1-950492-71-8 (Print) |
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Abstract
Course selection is the starting point for university students' learning, which is related to students' future ability development. Clear motivation of course selection helps students to form accurate expectations, so as to optimize the process of course selection. This research has been carried out in universities of China, examining tourism management majored bachelor students’ motivations to choose bilingual courses in tourism management. With an effective sample of 68 in-depth interviews from 19 universities of 6 provinces of China, this research employs bachelor students who studies tourism management major and taking tourism management related bilingual courses (in Chinese and English). This research reveals students’ motivations of selecting bilingual courses. Therefore, suggestion and implications are provided for course and teaching revolution of the bilingual courses in the tourism management domain.
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