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Purpose and Importance: Teaching foreign languages is very important in tourism guidance education. In particular, four skills must be taught to achieve communicative competence. Therefore, the aim of this study is to examine English courses in faculties having undergraduate tourism guidance program in terms of teaching four skills. Methodology: For this purpose, English courses in the curricula of 34 universities that provide undergraduate tourism guidance education were examined using the document analysis method between 1 August and 15 September and evaluated with descriptive content analysis. Findings: According to the results of the research, it was observed that the English courses in the faculties offering tourism guidance education were categorized into four groups (Academic English, Basic English, Vocational English, and Four Skills) and that most of the courses among them were in the Basic English and Vocational English groups. In addition, it was concluded that the four skills courses did not find enough space in the relevant curricula. Originality/Value: This is the first study on this topic, and it indicates that there is no study on the teaching English language skills in tourism guidance education, thus pointing to a gap that needs to be filled with new research. Research Limitations/implications: This study is limited to state university tourism guidance undergraduate programs.

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