ZS1MK_AI4A Intercultural studies - AJ

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/8. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Helena Havlíčková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ivana Hrozková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Prerequisites
ZS1BK_ASZK Qualifying Exam || ZS1BP_ASZK Qualifying Exam
Parallel attendance in ZS1MK_AD4A seminars is required
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course lies primarily in enhancing students cultural and intercultural awareness. The importance of international understanding and intercultural communication within a classroom context is emphasized. With the help of relevant literature, students solve case studies involving culturally critical incidents ranging from an intercultural classroom setting to an overall management of diversity in education.
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand intercultural aspects of communication;
improve their communication strategies used in an intercultural setting;
apply various dimensions of culture in intercultural conflicts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Why Intercultural Communication?
  • 2. Identity and Belonging
  • 3. Cultural Awareness: Values and Worldviews
  • 4. Seeing the Others or Getting Intercultural
  • 5. Intercultural Communication and Gender
  • 6. Intercultural Communication in International Conversation
  • 7. Cultural Critical Incidents
  • 8. Explaining Cultural Differences
  • 9. Critical Incidents in Intercultural Classroom Setting
Literature
  • GUDYKUNST, William B. Bridging differences : effective intergroup communication. 4th ed. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, 2004, xvi, 425. ISBN 0761929371. info
  • HOFSTEDE, Gert Jan, Paul PEDERSEN and Geert HOFSTEDE. Exploring culture : exerscises, stories and synthetic cultures. First published. London: Intercultural Press, 2002, xix, 234. ISBN 1877864900. info
  • TOMALIN, Barry and Susan STEMPLESKI. Cultural awareness. First published. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993, 160 stran. ISBN 0194371948. info
Assessment methods
Students will submit their essays based on study materials as well as their own readings recommended in seminars.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 8 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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