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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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This seminar draws on several theoretical areas - linguistics, sociology and anthropology - which deal with the rules and tendencies of human behaviour. Among the theoretical texts we will be dealing with are: Brown and Levinson, Politeness Theory; Steven Pinker, Language as a Window to Human Thought; and Ang Soon and Linn Van Dyne, Cultural Intelligence. Students will apply these concepts to cases taken from the work of David Livermore. Some of the key concepts are: Drive, Knowledge, Strategy, Action, that will give students a practical rubric for analyzing and improving their own facility with intercultural exchange as well as practical mastery of English as a Global Language. Each week students will analyze one case of intercultural intelligence, first between English and Czech, and then with other cultures which come into contact with the anglophone world.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 22 hours per semester
- Preparation for formative assessments (2-20)
- 10 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 30 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| No Prerequisites. |
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| be familiar with the culture concepts which they encounter in texts for the seminar on other various case studies. |
| know ones personal intercultural communication skills |
| Skills |
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| use strategies to mitigate FTAs- Face Threatening Acts as well as endure the four stages of Culture Shock. |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Continuous assessment |
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Recommended literature
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Camerer, R. Teaching and Testing Intercultural Competence. Bonn, 2008.
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Fox, Kate. Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior. London, 2004.
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Livermore, David. Leading with Cultural Intelligence. New York, 2009.
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Peterson, Brooks. Cultural Intelligence: A Guide to Working with People from Other Cultures. Yarmouth, 2004.
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Pinker, Steven. The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window to Human Nature. New York, 2007.
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