Intercultural Dialogue 03-AP-ID
Course learning content:
- culture and acculturation,
- core assumptions of intercultural communication,
- auto- and heterostereotypes,
- the concept of multiculturalism,
- intercultural differences in the language and texts of culture,
- analysis and interpretation of texts.
Module learning aims
Methods of teaching for learning outcomes achievement
Student workload (ECTS credits)
Module type
(in Polish) Sylabus zajęć
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences
Course coordinators
Term 2024/SZ: | Term 2022/SZ: |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- know the basic vocabulary related to the terms: "culture", "communication", "intercultural communication", "culture shock", "intercultural training",
- understand and define the terms: "intercultural differences", "multiculturalism"; be familiar with the related issues,
- understand and define the relationship between culture and language,
- read and understand texts on culture and interculture in relation to Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula,
- analyze and interpret the text of culture in terms of intercultural content, in relation to Central Europe and the Balkan Peninsula.
Assessment criteria
Assessment criteria:
very good (bdb; 5,0): the student passively and actively uses extensive vocabulary related to the issues of culture and intercultural communication, defines the most important concepts in these areas of knowledge in terms of their language skills, is able to prepare a very good presentation, defining the most important difficulties arising from the problems of intercultural dialogue.
good plus (+db; 4,5): as above, with slight lapses in the ability to define the above-mentioned terms.
good (db; 4,0): the student passively and actively uses the vocabulary related to the issues of culture and intercultural communication, is able to define selected concepts in these areas of knowledge, is able to prepare a good presentation, defining the most important difficulties arising from the problems of intercultural dialogue.
satisfactory plus (+dst; 3,5): the student satisfactorily knows the basic vocabulary in the field of culture and intercultural communication, understands the concepts of these areas of knowledge, is able to prepare a presentation in the field of intercultural dialogue.
satisfactory (dst; 3,0): the student knows basic vocabulary in the field of culture and intercultural communication, understands the concepts of these areas of knowledge and is able to prepare a simple presentation on intercultural dialogue.
unsatisfactory (ndst; 2,0): the student has insufficient knowledge of the vocabulary in the field of culture and intercultural communication, does not understand the concepts of these knowledge and is unable to prepare a presentation on intercultural dialogue.
Bibliography
Reading list:
E.T. Hall, The Hidden Dimension, 1990.
The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication, ed. by G. Rings, S. Rasinger, Cambridge 2020.
J. Stier, Intercultural communication and intercultural competence, January 2009, „Journal of Intercultural Communication” 11.
Cultures of Economy in South-Eastern Europe. Spotlights and Perspectives, ed. by J. Murašov, D. Beganovic, A. Lešic, Bielefeld 2019.
A.Wierzbicka, Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, Japanese, 1997.
A. Wierzbicka Cliff Goddard, Words and Meanings: Lexical Semantics Across Domains, Languages, and Cultures, Oxford 2014.
Additional information
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