Welcome back to The tour guide’s English tea break, the new monthly blog that gives you the chance to relax with a tea or coffee, find out about fascinating locations from around the world, and practise useful English that you can use on your guided tour.
This time we are going to find out all about an astonishing monastery that was built into the side a mountain in northern Spain.
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The tour guide’s English tea break
Welcome to The tour guide’s English tea break, a new monthly blog that gives you the chance to relax with a tea or coffee, find out about an interesting landmark from around the world, and practise useful English that you can use on your guided tour.
Coming soon! The tour guide’s English tea break
The tour guide’s English tea break is a new monthly blog that gives you the chance to take a few minutes out of your busy day to find out about an interesting landmark from around the world and practise useful English that you can use on your tour.
Thank you for a great 2024!
2024 has been a big year of learning and growth. Helping you to improve the English that you use as tour guides has been both interesting and educational. Thank you for being a part of it.
How to personalise your tour in English
What does personalising your tour mean? Why is it a good idea? And how can you personalise your tour in English, even if it’s not your first language?
How to make your English tour more focused… and more interactive.
You probably know a lot about the items or sites on your tour, and it’s tempting to share all of your knowledge with your tour group… The thing is, sharing too much information can lead to…
How to guide better tours in English
That’s why I’ve created a new English course especially for busy tour guides. It’s called Improve your English tour as you work, and it helps you to give interesting tours in English that your tour groups feel involved in.
Busy tour guides: How to improve your English while you work!
Fortunately, you’re starting from a good place! You need English for a very specific reason, and when it comes to guiding tours, you already know your stuff! You just need to be able to talk about it in English! This gives you the chance to learn some specific English that’s really going to help you in your job.
Tour guides: How to introduce your tour in English
To make your itinerary exciting it should be more than just a list of places to visit, it should leave the group looking forward to visiting them. In this article we’ll think about the English that we need to do this.
What’s the itinerary for today?
To make your itinerary exciting it should be more than just a list of places to visit, it should leave the group looking forward to visiting them. In this article we’ll think about the English that we need to do this.
Nick Swerdlow 