Course contents

Themes

Total workload

Total

Lecture

Seminar

SIW

Module 1.

45

8

7

30

Theme 1.

A.The notion of Intercultural communication (2 hours)

1. Terminology in Intercultural communication

• What is communication?

• What is Intercultural communication, Interethnic communication, Interracial communication

• What is the difference between intercultural and cross-cultural communication?

2. Intercultural Communication: as a discipline

3. The Necessity of Intercultural Communication

4. Benefits of Intercultural Communication

11

2

2

B. The History of Intercultural communication (2 hours)

1. Edward T. Hall as a founder of Intercultural Communication

1. Four major influences on Hall’s Intercultural Communication Theory

• Cultural anthropology

• Linguistics

• Ethology

• Freudian psychoanalytic theory

2. Intellectual Influences on Edward Hall’s Paradigm of Intercultural Communication

2. The Silent Language, Impacts of the Silent Language

3. Hall’s Paradigm for Intercultural Communication

11

2

2

Theme 2.

Communication as Basic Linguistic Functions (2 hours)

1. Communication as a Function of Language

2. Expression as a Function of Language

3. Expression and Communication

4. Linguistic domain in Intercultural Communication

5. Socio-psychological domain in Intercultural Communication

6. Cognitive domain in Intercultural Communication (silent in IC)

12

2

2

Theme 3.

Components of Intercultural communicative Competence (2 hours)

1. Intercultural competence (Attitudes, Knowledge,

Skills of interpreting and relating, Skills of discovering and interacting, critical cultural awareness/political education)

2. Communicative competence (Linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence, discourse competence)

3. Approaches Introducing IC Theory:

• Some Specific Models and Approaches: Baldwin’s Model

• Martin, Nakayama, &Flores’ Dialectical Approach

• Gudykunst’s Approach: Anxiety-Uncertainty Management. Emic/eticapproaches

• Samovar & Porter’s Model of Intercultural Communication

11

2

1

Модуль 2.

45

7

8

30

Theme 4.

Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory (2 hours)

1. Hall’s Low-and High-Context Cultures

2. What is a culture? Levels of culture.

3. Culture approaches to culture. Social identity and ethnicity

15

2

3

Theme 5.

The danger of stereotypical descriptions (2 hours)

1) Misunderstandings and differences in communicative behavior

- Individual level:

- Sender and receiver

2) Communication behavior on an interactive level

-Interaction sequences

- Turn-taking

- Feedback

- Influencing factors

3) Culture shock

16

3

3

Theme 6.

Understanding, values and attitudes (2 hours)

1. Types of pre-understanding

• Realia

• Esthetic culture

• Expert knowledge

• Attitudes and values

2. Problems and consequences related to intercultural communication

3. Awareness and insight about differences between cultures and communication patterns

4. Barriers to InterculturalCommunication

• Prejudices (Individual and institutional)

• Discrimination

• Ethnocentrism

• Dialogue (inter-religious dialogue, conflicts)

• Cultural conflict

Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

14

2

2

Total

90

15

15

60