Dr Alison Phipps: 2 books
Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival
Languaging, Tourism, Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2006
In this ground-breaking contribution to the study of tourism and languages, Alison Phipps examines what happens when tourists learn to speak other languages. From ordering a coffee to following directions she argues for a new perception of the relationship between tourism and languages from one based...
Tourism and Intercultural Exchange
Why Tourism Matters
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2005
This book asks the question; why is it that tourism matters? It looks at how it is we do tourism and learn to be tourists when we are on holiday. Tourism is a dynamic way of being that may facilitate or hinder intercultural exchange. The ways in which we do tourism and the places in which we are tourists...