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Presentation
Presentation
The course aims to establish how cultural diversity influences the way we communicate and interact. Understanding and respecting differences is crucial to communicating effectively
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT6643-12786
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
The seminar presents and discusses key terms and theories of intercultural communication such as culture, communication, identities, stereotype, external perception, transnationality, politeness and hybridity. Up-to-date research findings from applied and job-related fields (business and economy, policy, international relations) serve to reflect and enhance participants’ understanding of the complex context of both intra- and intercultural communication.
In the accompanying project workshop students apply the theoretical foundations to concrete settings building on their own experience of difference in order to recognize and understand interactions in a context of different identities and cultures. Practical exercises such as simulations, role play and critical incidents illustrate multiple in- stances of intercultural communication and serve as the basis for the creation of individual communication portfolios.
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Objectives
Objectives
Students will gain key knowledge about cultural identities in order to contextualize perspectives, viewpoints and expectations in a communicative context in a wide range of cultural and identity settings. They will be able to present and critically discuss key terms in intercultural communication and to apply the terminology in the analysis of practical examples for intercultural communicative events The exemplary discussion of barriers in intercultural communication will improve students’ ability to recognize and understand potential obstacles and to develop and ap- ply strategies to enhance communication across cultures (intra and intercultural), namely in a professional setting
The application of the skills presented and practiced will enable students to successfully work together with people from other cultural contexts. They can preempt or solve interpersonal conflicts in order to successfully perform professional tasks in a wide range of personal and professional settings
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Lecture and interactive elements of the workshop
- Web media integration
- Lectures and conversations with experts
- Project workshops with international partners
- Cooperative sessions with blended learning elements - Independent project work and portfolio design
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References
References
Clyne, Michael. Inter-cultural communication at work. 1996. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hofstede, Geert, Gert Jan Hofstede, and Michael Minkov. 2010. Cultures and organi- zations. New York: McGraw Hill.
Jackson, Kane (ed.) 2014. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Intercultural Communication. London: Routledge.
Lewis, Richard D. 2006. When cultures collide. 3rd ed. Boston: Nicholas Brealey Inter- national.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
