Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of English Language Pedagogy
- Code
- BBI-ANG17-372E.14
- Title
- Elective seminar in English-Speaking Cultures: Communicating Across Cultures
- Usual semester
- Both
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 5
- Language
- en
- Learning outcomes
- Participants will become aware of key components of cross-cultural encounters, are made familiar with and practise a number of cross-cultural communication skills.
- Course content
- This course will explore, in theory and practice, the nature of cross-cultural communication. It is meant to develop a better understanding of the factors that influence our ability to communicate effectively across cultures, with special emphasis on the cultures of Anglo-Saxon countries.
- Assessment method
- Students are expected to attend/prepare for classes, keep an accessible record of all learning activities and complete out-of-class assignments. The course grade will be awarded on the basis of the completion of these assignments as well as two short (2/3 page) essay-type position papers (content and submission dates to be specified).
- Bibliography
- Bennett, J.M. (1998) Transition shock: Putting culture shock in perspective. In: M. J. Bennett (ed.) Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication. Selected readings, pp. 215 – 223. Boston, London: Intercultural Press. Zarate, G. et al (2003) Cultural mediation in language learning and teaching (pp. 101-131). ECML Publications. http://archive.ecml.at/documents/pub122E2004_Zarate.pdf