AJ1307 Inquiries in Intercultural Communication B

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ailsa Marion Randall, M.A. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lucie Podroužková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ1306 Inquiries in Intercultural Communication A
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
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Course objectives
The main goal is to develop students' intercultural skills and the capacity to fully engage with diversity in the classroom. Students will learn how to engage in and facilitate intercultural interactions and create a collaborative learning environment in which they will see a purpose as well as reward in working together and across differences.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will: - develop their intercultural attitudes, i.e. respect to others and their cultures: students will become more aware of their identities and will enhance the ability to explore their identities in relation to the identities of others; they will be able to recognize the identities of others and affirm their self-esteem so that they feel secure in their identities. - develop their intercultural skills: students will improve the ability to analyze and reflect their own cultural assumptions and become aware how one’s own cultural worldviews are the basis of interpretations of others’ ideas and behaviors; they will enhance the ability to attempt to see the world from the perspective of another and their ability to analyze, interpret and relate to others before forming judgement; students will also improve their skill to manage their own anxiety in the face of uncertainty and develop tolerance for ambiguity. - be able to recognize and engage with diversity and create interculturally inclusive learning environment: students will be able to recognize the cultural differences of others and will accommodate diverse communication styles; they will demonstrate how to work with different perceptions of experiences and deepen their empathy through facilitated reflections; they will be able to interact with different perspectives and think critically through multiple readings; they will be able to address and work with anxiety producing topics and respond to biased comments and micro agressions triggered by ethnocentric talks.
Syllabus
  • Explore your culture and identity
  • Belonging and difference
  • 'Don't ask me where I am from. Ask me where I am local'
  • Living with difference
  • Exploring other people's culture
  • Everyday nationality
  • Developing intercultural sensitivity. Theories of cultural differences
  • Engaging Diversity in Communication with Cultural Others
  • Conclusion
Literature
    required literature
  • Jackson, Jane (2019) Introducing Language and Intercultural Communication, 2nd Edition, London and New York: Routledge
  • TING-TOOMEY, Stella a Leeva C. CHUNG. Understanding intercultural communication. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. xviii, 404. ISBN 9780195330069
    recommended literature
  • Lee, A., Poch, R., Shaw, M., & Williams, R. D. (2012). Engaging diversity in undergraduate classrooms : a pedagogy for developing intercultural competence. (32 ed.) Jossey-Bass. http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9669622
Teaching methods
class discussion, facilitated group reflections, observation, montitoring and reflective writing of intercultural learning experience in the e-portfolios, intercultural online collaboration with teachers and students abroad
Assessment methods
active class participation in discussions, evidence-based, intercultural experience reflections in the e-portfolios, completing the pre- and post-course survey on intercultural competence
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Note related to how often the course is taught: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: kombinované studium: výuka v blocích.
Teacher's information
If the student is away for a semester abroad, they should complete all the requirements except attendance.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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