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<abstract xmlns="http://eprints.org/ep2/data/2.0">The books are intended for students who specialise in the hospitality field, study at tourism faculties of tertiary institutions. &#13;
The textbooks serve two purposes:&#13;
1. to upgrade general knowledge of English of those who will work in this field in the future; &#13;
2. to develop professional language skills by means of close-to-life, authentic texts and dialogues.&#13;
The textbooks consist of three parts.Number of lessons per part vary from 9 to 12. Each text/dialogue is followed by a number of practical exercises which help students to develop their language competences, activate the specific vocabulary learnt. Overall number of lessons is 33.&#13;
Level of language used in the textbooks is from intermediate to post-intermediate.&#13;
The textbooks were piloted in Tbilisi tourism college in January- June 2008. </abstract>
