CJp409 Communication with a foreigner

Faculty of Education
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Lollok, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jana Marie Tušková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Marie Tušková, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Petra Rozbořilová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
CJp409/01: Wed 14:00–15:50 učebna 56, M. Lollok
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
Students will explain the basic principles of communication with the foreigner. They understand the concept of intercultural sensitivity and is prepared to improve oneself in this respect. Students understand the specifics of communication with the pupil and adult whose mother tongue is not Czech. Students acquire the basic principles of verbal (spoken and written) and non-verbal communication with a foreigner.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to: - apply the basic policy of communicating with a stranger. - explain the principle of so-called intercultural sensitivity in multicultural education. - verbally (in writing and orally) communicate with a pupil-stranger, or his legal representatives. - explain the specifics of communication with individuals of certain cultures. - clarify the specifics of non-verbal communication of certain cultures. - understand the specifics of multicultural communication.
Syllabus
  • 1. General principles of communication with foreigners. 2. Intercultural sensitivity - theory and practice. 3. Specifics of communication with pupil whose mother tongue is not Czech. 4. Specifics of communication with an adult foreigner. 5.-6. Non-verbal communication - cultural universality and differencies(pictograms, means of paragliding, body language - mimics, gestures, proxemics, haptics, visual contact, etc.). 7.-8. Verbal communication - written (ways of addressing etc.). 9. Verbal communication - spoken; giving information and instruction. 10.-11. Problem topics and taboos in cultures. 12. Different perceptions of cultural specifics.
Literature
  • BOČÁNKOVÁ, Milena. Intercultural communication: typical features of the Czech, British, American, Japanese, Chinese and Arab cultures. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oeconomica, 2006. 142 s. ISBN 80-245-1081-2.
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Etnopedagogika. Pedagogika, roč. 52, 2002, s. 195–205. ISSN 2336-2189
  • HEINZOVÁ, Kristina. Intercultural communication. 1. vyd. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné, 2001. 71 s. ISBN 80-7248-120-7.
  • HÁDKOVÁ, Marie – JINDRÁČEK, Václav. Princip názornosti ve výuce českého jazyka a literatury. 1. vyd. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2012. 142 s. ISBN 978-80-7414-469-1.
  • KUROWSKI, Martina. Žák-uprchlík v českém systému vzdělávání: případová studie (The refugee pipul in the Czech educational system: a case study). Sociální pedagogika. Časopis pro vědu a praxi. Zlín: Univerzita Tomáše bati, Zlín, 2013, vol. 1, No 1, p. 48-63. ISSN 1805-8825. URL info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Multikulturní výchova : příručka (nejen) pro učitele. 2., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2011, 167 s. ISBN 9788073875022. info
  • KROPÁČOVÁ, Jitka. Výuka žáka s odlišným mateřským jazykem z hlediska přípravy učitele. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2008, 116 s. info
  • KROPÁČOVÁ, Jitka. Výuka žáka s odlišným mateřským jazykem z hlediska přípravy učitele. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2008, 116 s. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Interkulturní psychologie. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2007, 220 s. ISBN 9788073672805. info
  • JANÍK, Zdeněk. Interkulturní výcvik a etnopedagogika v praxi: projekt "Argonauts of Europe" (Intercultural training and Ethnopedagogy in practice: project "Argonauts of Europe"). Komenský, odborný časopis pro učitele základní školy. Brno: Pedagogická fak Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, vol. 129, No 1, p. 34 - 38. ISSN 0323-0449. info
Teaching methods
Lesson type: seminar. A seminar, active students work , discussion about the specialized issues of the subject. Class discussion, presentations projects.
Assessment methods
Preparation of a report (to one of the selected sub-areas of the topic of communication with a foreigner) and analysis of model communication situation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2021, recent)
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