The course "Basic Knowledge of Tour Guides" has the following outstanding features. First, it has a wide range of knowledge and many knowledge points: the content of this course covers many aspects such as tourism, history, geography, religion, architecture, gardens, literature, etc., and there are several knowledge points in each knowledge area, so it is the most comprehensive course in all courses of tourism specialty. Second, the content is complex: at the vertical level, the content of each chapter becomes a topic knowledge with independent structure; On the horizontal level, the chapters are hardly related, so as a whole, they constitute a huge knowledge group. Third, it is easy to understand, but difficult to remember: most of the common sense content covered by this course does not involve profound significance, and it comes from all aspects of our daily life. Although most knowledge students hear about it, they don't know its details. Students think it is simple and easy to understand, but it is difficult to remember.
Second, carefully define the teaching objectives
As a textual research course, the course "Basic Knowledge of Tour Guide" is different from ordinary professional courses, and its teaching objectives are generally two: one is to help students pass the exam smoothly, which is also one of the main purposes of most students; The second is to make students master enough knowledge to pave the way for future work and study, because as far as the function of this course is concerned, it is the source of knowledge for tour guides to explain the content in the future (astronomy and geography are involved in the course), and it is also an indispensable basic material for tour guides to explain in practical work. Of course, the relationship between these two goals is complementary.
Third, carefully design the teaching plan
Careful design of teaching plan is the key to improve teaching quality, which mainly includes two aspects: preparing teaching plans and formulating teaching methods. According to the above teaching objectives, combined with the characteristics of this course, the author believes that "three excellences" should always be achieved in the process of carefully designing teaching plans.
1, be good at classification. In view of the characteristics of this course, the content can be divided into three levels: mastery, familiarity and understanding. Mastering the part is what students should know and know, and it is also the most basic common sense in future tour guide work. For example, in the chapter "Main Cuisine and Famous Snacks in China", we should master the main characteristics of the "Eight Major Cuisine" and the main representative famous dishes and famous snacks in various places. Familiarity is something that students should know clearly but can't master, and it is also something that needs further study in the future tour guide work. For example, in the chapter "Ancient Gardens in China", we should be familiar with the distribution and characteristics of representative gardens of various types. The understanding part is that students only need to know a little, but they can't reach the familiar content, which is generally manifested as background introduction or knowledge extension. For example, in the chapter "Four Major Religions in China", it is necessary to understand the background of China people's religious beliefs, the distribution of religious beliefs in China, the origin and development of the four major religions in China and their spread in China.
2. Be good at summarizing. The first is the summary of methods, which mainly refers to the summary of learning methods. According to the investigation on the learning methods of students who passed the exam over the years, the author found that the "three-time reading method" was widely adopted by many students and the effect was good. The "three-time reading method" refers to: the first time, carefully read the catalogue and intensively read the teaching materials; The second time, read while doing the questions, which is to check for leaks; The third time, read reading notes and read textbooks extensively.