Social Sciences - Applied intercultural communication: culture, language, intercultural mediation 3200-L-NS-KMS
The course includes an interdisciplinary approach to communication. Linguistic knowledge is extended by issues of culture, intercultural psychology, pedagogy and anthropology. Each classes illustrated with examples from various cultures cover topics as follows:
1. Concepts of culture and communication.
2. Culture and societies. Means to compare cultures.
3. Culture typologies by Geert Hofstede and Fons Trompenaars.
4. Western and Eastern cultures in comparison.
5. Culture and globalization. Migrations and Culture.
6. Culture and Language. Significance of nonverbal and multimodal communication.
7. Intercultural competence.
8. Intercultural communication in business. Styles of communication.
9. Intercultural teaching. Intercultural pedagogy.
10. Intercultural aspects of translation. Localization.
11. Culture in technical systems.
12. Interculturality and integration of migrants.
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Learning outcomes
Upon completing the course students will have:
Knowledge of:
Existence of different cultures,
Connections between linguistics and other fields of knowledge: psychology, pedagogy, anthropology,
Language use in social communication.
Language use in process of intercultural mediation
Skills of:
Perception of intercultural differences,
Naming problems caused by intercultural differences in various social contexts,
Adapting communication to intercultural context,
Making use of gathered knowledge in practical professional situations and further studies.
Competences of:
Awareness of existence of cultural differences,
Shaping of one’s communication behavior according to situation.
Use of knowledge and skills in personal professional development,
Willingness to forming own cultural competence.
Assessment criteria
Final grade is based on: in-class activity (30%), knowledge of selected readings checked by a mid-term test (20%), semester paper (50%).
Bibliography
Basic readings
Hall, Edward T. (1959): The Silent Language. Doubleday.
Szopski, Marek (2005): Komunikowanie międzykulturowe. Warszawa. WSiP.
Boski, Paweł (2009): Kulturowe ramy zachowań społecznych. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Warszawa.
Hofstede, Geert, Gert Jan Hofstede, Michael Minkov (2010) Cultures and Organizations. Software for the Mind, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill (2010); wyd. polskie: Kultury i organizacje: Zaprogramowanie umysłu. Polskie Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, Warszawa, wyd. 2, 2007.
Piller, Ingrid (2017): Intercultural Communication. A Critical Introduction. Second Edition. Edinburgh University Press Ltd.
Saldanha, Gabriela and Sharon O’Brien (2014): Research Methodologies in Translation Studies. Routledge London, New York.
Emrich, Christin (2011): Interkuturelles Management. Erfolgsfaktoren im globalen Business. Stuttgart. Kohlhammer Verlag.
Additional readings
Dervin, Fred, Anthony J. Liddicoat (2013): Linguistics for Intercultural Education. John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam/Philadelphia.
Jackson, Jane (2024): Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication. Third Edition. Routledge. London, New York.
Baker, Mona, Gabriela Saldanha (2020): Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Third Edition. Routledge, London, New York.
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