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LING20100

Academic Year 2024/2025

Intercultural Communication (LING20100)

Subject:
Linguistics
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
Languages, Cultures & Linguis
Level:
2 (Intermediate)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Dr Sandrine Peraldi
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This modules explores communication across cultures and languages. It examines concepts of culture, focusing on non-essentialist perspectives and its role in the construction of (self) identity and other's identities. Focusing on both face-to-face and non-face-to-face, including digital communication, the module explores how people with different cultural backgrounds communicate and the issues that are likely to arise in cross-cultural communication.


About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

- critically examine lay and academic conceptualizations of culture
- relate concepts of cultures, identity and representations
- explore the relationship between culture and language
- develop intercultural awareness

Indicative Module Content:

Main themes covered in the module:
- Definition of culture
- ICC models (Iceberg/onion model, etc.)
- Verbal and non-verbal communication (kinesics, paralanguage, etc.)
- Digital communication (websites, ads, social networks through different cultures)
- Cultural dimensions (power distance, etc.)
- Otherness
- Cultural shock
- Facework

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

20
Autonomous Student Learning

56
Seminar (or Webinar)

24
Total

100

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Student-centered approach based on multiple group activities, interactions, fieldwork observation, etc.

Blended approach as well (face-to-face + online learning)

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

LING 10010 Language Use and Communication


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
LING30220 - Intercultural Communication


 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Portfolio: Weekly Learning Journal Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 Pass/Fail Grade Scale No
30
 No
Group Work Assignment: Contrastive analysis of of different national media (ads/websites) Week 12 Graded No
70
 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Thurs 10:00 - 10:50
Autumn Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Tues 10:00 - 10:50
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