This article investigates the language learning desire of multilingual tourism workers. The data were drawn from two sites in Nepal: an English for occupational purposes class and workplace interactions during treks. The article shows that the male tourism workers use their claims of heterosexual relationships with foreign female tourists as resources to build and boast their masculine identity and homosociality among their peers. The workers’ ability to communicate in tourist languages functions not only as a transactional tool, but also as a resource to enhance their language learning desire and investment in order to imagine, establish, and sustain heterosexual romantic relationships. Their relationships of intimacy combine with the opportunity for economic benefits and spatial mobility made largely possible by their ability to communicate in English and other international languages. The research contributes to our understanding of the connection between language learning, multilingualism, and desire in the context of intercultural contact.

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在TESOL中复述欲望的故事：英语，想象力和旅游业的遭遇

本文研究了多语言旅游工作者的语言学习愿望。数据来自尼泊尔的两个地点：职业英语课程和跋涉期间的工作场所互动。该文章表明，男性旅游工作者利用他们与外国女性游客的异性恋关系作为资源，在同龄人中建立和拥有男性身份和同性关系。工人用旅游语言交流的能力不仅是一种交易工具，而且是一种资源，可以增强他们的语言学习欲望和投资，以想象，建立和维持异性恋关系。他们的亲密关系与经济利益和空间流动的机会结合在一起，很大程度上是由于他们能够用英语和其他国际语言进行交流。这项研究有助于我们理解跨文化交往中的语言学习，多语言和欲望之间的联系。