Intercultural Communication (DL - 20 Credits)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| ENGL4241 | English | 4 | 20 | Autumn UK, Spring UK, Summer UK |
- Code
- ENGL4241
- School
- English
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK, Spring UK, Summer UK
Summary
This module will explore the use of language in interactions between speakers of different cultural and linguistic backgrounds from three different perspectives: Description, Development, and Assessment. With a growing proportion of interactions in the world today taking place between people of diverse cultural backgrounds, it is important to identify and describe language use which may lead to misunderstanding and communicative breakdown. This module will look at ways in which language barriers might be overcome in such interactions, and at the key factors in this process. We will examine intercultural interactions in a variety of contexts, e.g. business and other professional encounters, the language of the media, the foreign language classroom, etc.
Target Students
Only available to Distance Learning postgraduate students in the School of English.
Classes
Further Activity Details: This module is taught by web-based distance learning methods and is available continuously 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Tutorial support is provided by email and web-based support mechanisms. Students will be expected to study 200 hours for this module.
Assessment
- 100% Assignment: 4,000-word essay
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This module aims to provide students with:an understanding of the different approaches to intercultural communicationan understanding of the main issues involved in the description and analysis of intercultural encountersan understanding of the different approaches to the training and development of intercultural competence and its assessmentthe skills to apply the different linguistic frameworks to describe and understand intercultural communication in different contextsLearning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding of
- Linguistic Treatments of intercultural communication
- Approaches within the discipline
- Key issues in applying theory to data
Intellectual skills
- Descriptive linguistic analysis of naturally-occurring data
- Critical skills in evaluating work within the discipline
Professional / practical skills
- Effective communication in speech and writing
- The assimilation of large quantities of linguistic data
- Independent research skills
Transferable / key skills: Students will develop
- Independent research skills
- Critical thinking
- The ability to assimilate different theoretical approaches to phenomenon
- Skills of adapting a methodology to a new context
- Effective communication skills