Research on Writing a Local Tourism Book for Germans

Abstract

Tourism is an important sector in Turkey, and the employees in this sector are required to speak foreign languages in order to have good communication with tourists. The official records show that the majority of tourists visiting Turkey for holidays come from Germany. Therefore, students attending vocational schools of tourism or taking tourism at the bachelor degree level are encouraged to learn German. Most of the textbooks used in schools and German language courses for people who learn German for tourism are imported publications. These books are not intended for the needs of the general Turkish population of students or employees. Many of the domestic textbooks on the market, on the other hand, should be updated with consideration of the needs analysis based on today's conditions and scientific data.

This study aims to determine the purposes for speaking German, which is a requirement for the people who work, or are going to work in the tourism sector, and the communication difficulties they encounter. The purposes of speaking German and the communication problems are the factors determined by using a mixed research design. If these factors are taken into consideration and a basic-level textbook of German for tourism is written, teaching German for tourism will be more successful.