Contextualizing intercultural communication
Learning Objectives
Successful interaction with this and associated course content will enable students to…
- Compare and contrast environments’ effects on speech
- Discuss issues of space and time orientation in different contexts
- Discuss the intercultural context of business/professions
- Compare and contrast environments’ effects on conversation
- Discuss issues of privacy in different environments and cultures
- Identify and discuss different orientations towards time
- Compare business etiquette across cultures
- Discuss issues of translation in professional contexts
- Identify potential cultural issues in professional contexts
- Apply knowledge and skliis gained to real-life encounters
- Have understanding and acceptance of different orientations to time and place
Topics covered
- Environmental contexts
- The impact of the environment on conversations
- Built environments and communication patterns
- Privacy across cultures
- Cultural spaces
- Car and driving behavior in a cultural context
- Time orientation
- Professional and institutional contexts
- Business and organizational contexts
- Equity and ethics
- The importance of names
- Communicative genres
- Translation and interpretation
- Translation and interpretation
- Education
