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- HUMA 2033Language and Intercultural Communication3 Credit(s)DescriptionThis course introduces the fundamental themes of intercultural communication by drawing on current language and intercultural communication theory, research, and practice, to better understand communication between culturally diverse individuals. Through experiential projects and personal reflections, students will explore what it means to be an interculturally competent communicator or mediator and develop competencies necessary for interacting more appropriately and effectively in intercultural encounters. By engaging with readings, observation, analyses of critical incidents, intercultural reflections exercises, and intercultural projects, students are encouraged to become more actively engaged with intercultural interactions and to foster an ethno-relative mindset, with greater curiosity and open-mindedness. Topics include conceptions of culture and multiculturalism, the relationship between language, communication, power and context, language and cultural socialization, ‘othering’, prejudice and stereotypes, intercultural rhetoric, facework and conflict management in workplace, intercultural transition and adjustment, intercultural relationship-building, social justice, and global citizenship.Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- 1.Articulate the key elements and notions in language and intercultural communication
- 2.Recognize diverse ways of communicating in different cultural situations and how communication is shaped by cultural values, norms, and beliefs
- 3.Identify productive and mindful ways to meet the challenges of intercultural communication
- 4.Assess one’s cultural self-awareness and communication style and explain why intercultural competence development is best viewed as a lifelong process
- 5.Analyze challenges and possibilities for social justice and global citizenship
