Exercises in Travel Writing and Literary Tourism: A Teaching and Learning Experiment

Jasna Potočnik Topler

doi:10.18690/978-961-286-393-7

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The book entitled »Exercises in Travel Writing and Literary Tourism – A Teaching and Learning Experiment« emerged as a result of experimental project work in teaching English during the subject English in Tourism – Higher Level 1 at the Faculty of Tourism in Brežice, University of Maribor. This approach included teaching in the classroom, research in libraries and at home, and field work. The collection brings eight very different texts on Travel Writing and Literary Tourism by Master's students of Tourism, who were free in choosing the topic of the texts, their styles and the titles . The field of Travel Writing is significant, not only as its own discourse, a tourism trend and a tool of branding and embedding attractions and/or destinations, but also as a tool of teaching and learning a foreign language, which, along with upgrading specific language knowledge, encourages curiosity, research, creativity, reflection and self-development.

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EXERCISES IN TRAVEL WRITING AND LITERARY TOURISM A TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIMENT.Literary Tourism has a number of dimensions, as the definition above suggests
Expert and scientific articles outside Slovenia can provide case studies that show the importance of Literary Tourism.The following paper draft is talking about Literary and Cultural Tourism and their connection
We are representing the famous writer Alma Maximiliana Karlin, who was born in Celje and spent the last years of her life back in Celje

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EXERCISES IN TRAVEL WRITING AND LITERARY TOURISM A TEACHING AND LEARNING EXPERIMENT.Literary Tourism has a number of dimensions, as the definition above suggests. Tourists enjoy attractions with more generic literary associations, such as Jamaica Inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, or the guided literary pub tours of Edinburgh. The purpose of this writing is to study, define and understand the term Literary Tourism, and its connection to Celje and its famous writer, Alma Maximiliana Karlin. The last part of the paper describes our personal travel experience to Celje and our visit to the Alma Maximiliana exibition. The subject of our research is the Croatian city Opatija, and we know it as Croatian Nice, because it is so prestigious like Nice in France. The city is worth a visit during the summer months, but you will enjoy the cold winter months (Nadlani.si, 16. 07. 2018)

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