Overview
Lecturer
Alexandra Jacobsen
Seminar tutor
Alexandra Jacobsen
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Applied Modern Languages
Field of study
Translation and interpretation
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Discussion, case studies, collaborative learning
Entry requirements
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Aims
Introducing basic theoretical concepts and principles pertaining to the relation between language, communication and cultural context;
Encouraging students to employ their own cultural experiences and intuitions in identifying and analyzing cultural conflicts in concrete communicative situations;
Developing sensitivity to cultural differences manifested in various interpersonal and professional settings.
Course contents
Intercultural communication competence; Cultural variations in interpersonal relationships; Gender and communication: interpretative frames; Cultures and learning styles; Cultural variations in persuasion; Nonverbal intercultural communication; Intercultural communication and stereotyping; Negotiating meanings within and across cultures (1): Workplace communication; Negotiating meanings within and across cultures (2): Understanding and telling jokes.
Learning outcomes
1. Understanding the relationship between language, communication and social contexts, as well as some of the theoretical models for characterizing it.
2. Developing awareness of one’s own cultural attitudes and interpretative frames in intercultural communicative situations.
3. Applying theoretical concepts and principle, as well as employing own’s own cultural experience, to analyzing cultural conflicts and communication breakdowns in concrete communicative situations.
Assessment
Continuous assessment (student contributions to class discussion, smaller written assignments): 50%; final written assignment with oral defense (50%)
Recommended reading
“The centrality of culture: notes on the cultural revolutions of our time”, in Thompson, Kenneth (Ed.), Media and Cultural Regulation
Hall, Stuart
Sage Publication & The Open University, London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi, 1997 · 207-238
Intercultural Competence (international ed. of 7th revised ed.)
Lustig, Myron W. & Jolene Koester
Pearson Education (US), 2012
Intercultural Communication. A Discourse Approach (2nd ed.)
Scollon, Ron and Suzanne Wong Scollon
Blackwell, Malden, MA & Oxford, UK, 1995/2001
Intercultural Resource Pack
Utley, Derek
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (UK), New York, 2004