KOM510 Intercultural Communication

Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
zima 2007
Rozsah
1/2/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (přednášející)
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz (cvičící)
Garance
PhDr. Krystyna Heinz
Katedra cestovního ruchu a volnočasových aktivit – Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné
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Osnova
  • Structure of the course:
    1. Defining culture
    2. Culture, thought and language
    3. Home culture and target culture
    4. National identity
    5. Cultural symbols and rituals
    6. Cultural symbols and rituals
    7. Stereotyping
    8. Acculturation
    9. Culture shock
    10. Non-verbal communication
    11. Theory of cultures
    12. Multilingual dimension of the EU
    A Outline of lectures:
    1. Defining culture
    (cultural and cross-cultural awareness, elements of culture - ideas, products and behaviour, the role of pragmatics).
    2. Culture, thought and language
    (cognitive and linguistic development, taboos, colour categories, euphemisms, geographically conditioned aspects of language).
    3. Home culture and target culture
    (second language and culture learning, lingua franca, cultural differences and similarities, comparison of culture, gathering cultural data).
    4. National identity
    (traditional sociocultural patterns, positive and negative perceptions, globalisation, glocalisation, cultural adaptation).
    5. Cultural symbols and rituals
    (cultural reality and cultural imagination, subcultures, open versus closed doors, cultural codes in commercials).
    6. Cultural symbols and rituals
    (consciousness of cultural differences in values, beliefs and attitudes, commercial values, cultural connotations, social status, religions).
    7. Stereotyping
    (national stereotypes, examining stereotypes, "trap" words, overcoming stereotypes).
    8. Acculturation
    (adaptation to target culture, acculturation threshold, acculturation models, cultural conflict).
    9. Culture shock
    (symptoms of culture shock, its occurrence, concept of anomie, schizophrenic period of culture shock, prevention).
    10. Non-verbal communication
    (non-verbal channel of expression, kinesics, haptics, chronemics, proxemics and vocalics, universals, cross-cultural perceptual training).
    11. Theory of cultures
    (E.T. Hall, G. Hofstede, A. Pilbeams and their theories of cultures, power distance, context, contact and masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, international negotiating styles).
    12. Multilingual dimension of the EU
    (bilingualism and multilingualism, cross-cultural rhetoric, culturally different patterns of communication).
    B Outline of seminars
    Students are offered case studies and exercises aimed at intercultural communication, vocabulary expansion, reading comprehension, translation, and development of language and communicative competence. Each unit comprises the following chapters:
    1.Intercultural interactions
    2.Vocabulary expansion
    3.Contrastive rhetoric and translation skills
    4.Language awareness
    5.Culture tests
    Contents of the subject:
    1.Culture
    Defining and describing
    Expressing the present and the future
    2.The relationship between culture and language
    Agreeing and describing
    Expressing the past
    3.Comparison of home culture and target culture
    Comparing and evaluating
    Comparatives and superlatives
    4.Globalisation and national identity
    Asking for information, making requests
    Reported speech
    5.Deciphering cultural images
    Describing and accepting
    The Passive
    6.Values, beliefs and attitudes
    Accepting, denying and comparing
    Time clauses
    7.Overcoming national stereotypes
    Asking for opinions, making suggestions, making predictions
    Questions
    8.Cultural adaptation
    Explaining, persuading, comparing
    Expressing modality
    9.Overcoming culture shock
    Making comparisons and expressing differences
    Conditionals
    10.Non-verbal communication
    Describing, offering and making predictions
    Wish clauses
    11.Theories of cultures
    Describing and expressing preferences
    The infinitive
    12.Bilingualism and multilingualism
    Persuading , agreeing and denying
    Participles and gerunds

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Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • HEINZOVÁ, K. Intercultural Communication, updated edition. Karviná: OPF SU, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7248-5. info
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Během výuky budou zadány dva průběžné testy a seminární práce. Uvedené aktivity jsou bodově ohodnoceny. Absolvování kurzu je uzavřeno zkouškou. Výsledná známka je dána součtem získaných bodů ze všech aktivit a výsledku závěrečné zkoušky.
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