Developing English for Tourism Literacy for Future Tour Guide Based on Local Culture

Abstract

Indonesia has cultural diversity, particularly the culture of Banten province that needs to be preserved so that is not extinct for future generations and improve the welfare of the society. In this regard, Department of Culture and Tourism of Banten province is implementing a program to promote tourism places and culinary tour or traditional food of Banten to improve the economy of society and local revenue. To improve the success of the program cannot be separated from preparing human resources, especially the traveller that related to the learning materials. The learning materials of English for Tourism which raise the culture of Banten. The utilization of local wisdom content in learning, beside to preserving the culture of Banten itself, it also improves the awareness, devotion and the understanding of the learners (the candidate of traveller) against of Banten culture. Therefore, this research will develop English for Tourism literacy for the candidate of traveller’s students. In the first year by using descriptive method, this research will have the local wisdom which can be used for content in learning English for Tourism locally based which find teaching materials of English for Tourism in according to local needs, b) develop teaching materials English for Tourism in according to local needs, and c) to know the effectiveness of teaching materials of English for Tourism in according to local needs. Teaching materials which developed in integrating the principles of English for Tourism literacy and local wisdom, that are expected to improve the understanding, attitudes and actions in learning English for Tourism. To apply the content and textbooks which developed are needed the suitable learning models