Guía Docente 2023-24 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION |
BASIC DETAILS:
Subject: | INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | ||
Id.: | 31163 | ||
Programme: | GRADUADO EN TRADUCCIÓN Y COMUNICACIÓN INTERCULTURAL. 2013 (BOE 10/07/2013) | ||
Module: | ESTUDIOS INTERCULTURALES | ||
Subject type: | OBLIGATORIA | ||
Year: | 3 | Teaching period: | Primer Cuatrimestre |
Credits: | 6 | Total hours: | 150 |
Classroom activities: | 20 | Individual study: | 130 |
Main teaching language: | Inglés | Secondary teaching language: | Castellano |
Lecturer: | Email: |
PRESENTATION:
The purpose of this course is to examine the field of intercultural communication in terms of its history, basic concepts, developmental models as well as the practical applications.This course is applicable to persons working in multicultural settings, from businesses to non-profit organizations as well as government or educational institutions. During this semester we will move from theory to practice and from personal to the applied. The first part of the course lays out the theoretical foundations of intercultural communication. These concepts would help us analize personal and work situations dealing with culture, ethics and sometimes critical misunderstandings. We will be able to reflect on different situations. We will apply these ideas through experiential learning activities, allowing the students to integrate theory and practice.
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCES ACQUIRED IN THE SUBJECT:
General programme competences | G02 | Capacidad para comunicarse con fluidez con dos o más idiomas extranjeros en una lengua extranjera. |
G03 | Capacidad para identificar los fundamentos de la cultura de las lenguas de trabajo y para aplicarlos en su actividad profesional. | |
G04 | Capacidad para organizar y planificar los trabajos y tareas utilizando los recursos a su disposición. | |
G05 | Capacidad para afrontar y resolver los problemas de manera eficaz. | |
G06 | Capacidad de análisis y síntesis. | |
G08 | Capacidad de desarrollar su actividad profesional con un compromiso ético. | |
G09 | Capacidad de trabajar con un razonamiento crítico. | |
G10 | Capacidad para reconocer y respetar la diversidad y la multiculturalidad. | |
G11 | Capacidad de trabajar siempre con una motivación y preocupación por la calidad. | |
G12 | Capacidad de aprender y de gestionar su autoaprendizaje a lo largo de su vida profesional. | |
G13 | Capacidad de interactuar en las relaciones interpersonales con las habilidades sociales necesarias y según las normas protocolarias correspondientes. | |
G14 | Capacidad para trabajar en equipos multidisciplinares. | |
G15 | Capacidad para el trabajo autónomo. | |
G16 | Capacidad para adaptarse a situaciones nuevas y exigentes y aplicar nuevos conocimientos y nuevas tendencias a su trabajo. | |
G17 | Capacidad para gestionar, organizar y manejar la información en diferentes formatos. | |
G18 | Capacidad para estudiar alternativas y tomar decisiones justificables. | |
G19 | Capacidad de búsqueda de información e investigación. | |
G20 | Capacidad para desarrollar su actividad profesional en entornos multiculturales y multilingües. | |
Specific programme competences | E02 | Capacidad de comprensión y producción tanto oral como escrita en las lenguas extranjeras de trabajo. |
E06 | Capacidad para mediar lingüísticamente y culturalmente en contextos sociales y empresariales. | |
E08 | Capacidad para realizar tareas de investigación y buscar información y documentación especializadas. | |
E09 | Capacidad para gestionar y conservar de forma adecuada la información y documentación necesarias para realizar su trabajo. | |
Learning outcomes | R01 | Reflexionar sobre las propias experiencias interculturales. |
R02 | Planificar y proyectar objetivos profesionales y personales futuros. | |
R03 | Analizar el desarrollo de la propia competencia intercultural. | |
R04 | Aplicar mecanismos de adaptación en situaciones interculturales. | |
R05 | Analizar estudios de caso específicos en los que se presentan situaciones de conflicto intercultural. | |
R06 | Desarrollar un plan de acción y mejora para estudios de caso específicos en los que se presentan situaciones de conflicto intercultural. |
PRE-REQUISITES:
To have a good command of the English language, not only speaking but a good command of English academic writing. To be registered in this course.
SUBJECT PROGRAMME:
Subject contents:
1 - History of Intercultural Communication |
1.1 - Introduction |
1.2 - Historical context and facts |
2 - Intercultural Competence: a definition |
2.1 - Introduction |
2.2 - Analysis of the current situation |
3 - Intercultural Communication: Assessment and Developmental Models |
3.1 - The Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity (DMIS) |
3.2 - The Stress Factors of the Intercultural Experience |
3.3 - An analysis of the intercultural experience |
4 - Case Study: The GLOBE Project |
4.1 - General overview of the case study |
4.2 - Practical use of the case study |
5 - Case Study: The SAGE Research Project |
5.1 - General overview of the research project |
5.2 - Analysis and practical uses of the research project |
Subject planning could be modified due unforeseen circumstances (group performance, availability of resources, changes to academic calendar etc.) and should not, therefore, be considered to be definitive.
TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODOLOGIES AND ACTIVITIES:
Teaching and learning methodologies and activities applied:
The student should plan accordingly and read carefully the compulsory readings. This will greatly enhance their learning. It is very important to have read, worked and reflected on the readings.
A good and professional interculturalist has the following characteristics: Careful observant, good listener, reflective, pays attention to details, curious, respectful and challenges him/ herself in order to learn about other cultures and grow as a global multicultural being. These competences, and/ or skills need to be worked on and developed, this is why different learning activities have been planned for this course.
Student work load:
Teaching mode | Teaching methods | Estimated hours |
Classroom activities | ||
Assessment activities | 4 | |
Tutorials | 16 | |
Individual study | ||
Tutorials | 12 | |
Individual study | 55 | |
Individual coursework preparation | 25 | |
Research work | 12 | |
Compulsory reading | 23 | |
Recommended reading | 3 | |
Total hours: | 150 |
ASSESSMENT SCHEME:
Calculation of final mark:
Final exam: | 75 | % |
Assignment : | 25 | % |
TOTAL | 100 | % |
*Las observaciones específicas sobre el sistema de evaluación serán comunicadas por escrito a los alumnos al inicio de la materia.
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND DOCUMENTATION:
Basic bibliography:
DEARDORFF, Darla K. The SAGE Handbook of Intercultural Competence. London: SAGE, 2009. |
PAIGE, R. Michael. Education for the Intercultural Experience. Yarmouth: Intercultural Press, 1993. |
VANDER VERG, Michael; PAIGE, R. Michael and LOU, Hemming. Student Learning Abroad: What our students are learning, what they are not, and what we can do about it. Stylus Publishing, 2012 |
BENNETT, Milton. Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication.Yarmouth: Intercultural Press, 1998. |
Recommended bibliography:
LANDIS, Dan; BENNETT, Janet M.; BENNETT, Milton J. Handbook of Intercultural Training. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2004 |
HOFSTEDE, Geert; HOFSTEDE, Gert Jan. Cultures and Organizations Software of the mind: Intercultural Cooperation and its importance for survival. USA: McGraw Hill, 2005 |
SAVICKI, Victor. Developing Intercultural Competence and Transformation: Theory, research, and application in international education. Virginia: Stylus, 2008. |
Recommended websites:
EAIE European Association for International Education | http://www.eaie.org/ |
Intercultural Development Inventory | www.idiinventory.com |
SIETAR Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research | http://www.sietareu.org/ |
NAFSA: Association of International Educators | http://www.nafsa.org/ |
IIE Institute of International Education | http://www.iienetwork.org |
IAICS International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies | http://www.trinity.edu |
idealist | http://www.idealist.org |
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