CZS50 Intercultural Communication

Pan-university studies
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zdeněk Janík, M.A., Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Martin Vašek
Contact Person: Mgr. Martin Vašek
Supplier department: Pan-university studies
Timetable
Mon 9:20–11:00 učebna 28
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to enhance students’ intercultural awareness and improve their communication skills in intercultural settings.
Students will explore how various cultures worldwide, including their own, are defined through verbal and non-verbal language, symbols and meanings assigned to the symbols, cultural values and perception of those values. The importance of international understanding and intercultural communication inside as well as outside the school context is emphasized. At the end of the course, students should be able to recognize aspects of intercultural communication; improve their communication strategies used in intercultural settings; apply various dimensions of culture in intercultural conflicts. Students should also develop positive attitudes towards other cultures and improve their skills as intercultural speakers of English.
The course uses all the advantages of an e-learning environment: all study materials, readings, and activities for students are fully web-based.
Syllabus
  • 1.Culture and communication
  • 2.Cultural identity
  • 3.Cultural awareness and cultural differences
  • 4.Explaining differences and similarities across cultures in Europe and elsewhere
  • 5.Cultural values, beliefs, and perceptions
  • 6.Seeing the others: developing stereotypes and making judgments
  • 7.National cultures and cultural diversity
  • 8.Getting intercultural: from ethnocentrism to ethnorelativism
  • 9.Women and men in conversation
  • 10.Western, Japanese, and other styles of conversation
  • 11.Differences in cultural values, communication and learning styles in an intercultural classroom setting
  • 12.Critical incidents in intercultural communication: how to become interculturally competent?
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, spring 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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