Foreign Language Skills and Tourism Management Courses in the UK

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 403-414

  Leslie, David ^a   Russell, Hilary ^a   Forbes, Allison ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

communication; education and skills; foreign languages; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746344481     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000002101296577     Document Type: Article

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