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CURSO : INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
TRADUCCION : COMUNICACION INTERCULTURAL
SIGLA : LET049I
CRÉDITOS : 10
MÓDULOS : 02
REQUISITOS : VRA2000
CARÁCTER : OPTATIVO
DISCIPLINA : LINGUISTICA


I. DESCRIPTION

Intercultural Communication" has been designed to assist the students to meet the challenges of living in a
world in which, more and more, they will be asked to interact with people from other cultures and who may
not be like them in many ways. Its primary objectives are to help them become more attuned to intercultural
communication differences, and to provide them with the knowledge and skills that will help them interact
successfully with people from different cultures.


II. OBJECTIVES

General:
1. To understand the role of communication in culture by looking at the fundamental connection between
them from different perspectives.
2. To develop ways of thinking about and identifying cultural variables that appear through
communication.
3. To learn about barriers to intercultural communication, adjustment to other cultures, and culture shock.
4. To analyze and interpret certain literary works within the context of specific historical periods of
chosen cultures.
5. To broaden the students' cultural horizons so that they respect other nations' traditions and customs.

Specific:
1. To analyze and understand the cultures with which the students will have contact.
2. To understand how differences in intercultural communication manifest themselves in different
settings.
3. To analyze essays, poems, and short stories that refer to specific cultural problems in intercultural
communication.
4. To become acquainted with the norms, rituals, and taboos of other cultures through a series of case
studies.


III. CONTENTS

1. Culture and Communication.
1.1 The Challenge of Intercultural Communication.
1.1.1 Dominant Culture and Co-cultures.
1.2 Definition of Intercultural Communication.
1.3 Essentials of Human Communication.
1.3.1 Communication Defined.
1.3.2 Non-Verbal Communication.
1.3.2.1 Body Behavior.
1.3.2.2 Body Movements: Kinesics.
1.3.2.3 Facial Expressions.
1.3.2.4 Eye Contact and Gaze.
1.3.2.5Paralanguage.




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1.3.2.6 Space and Distance.
1.3.2.7Personal Space.
1.3.2.8 Time. (Monochronic and Polychronic Classifications)
1.3.2.9 Silence.
1.4 Understanding Culture.
1.4.1 The Elements of Culture.
1.4.2 Definitions of Culture.
1.4.3 Perception and Culture.
1.4.4 Cultural Patterns.
1.4.5 Hofstede's Value Dimensions.
1.4.6 Hall's High-Context and Low-Context orientation.

2. Deep Structure: Beyond the Surface.
2.1 World View.
2.2 Communication, Culture, and Family.
2.2.1 Individualism and Collectivism.
2.3 History.

3. Culture and the Individual: Cultural Identity.
3.1 Identity, and Cultural Identity Defined.
3.2 Selected Social Identities.
3.3 Models of Cultural Identity Development.
3.4 Identity in Intercultural Interactions.
3.4.1 Stereotypes.
3.4.2 Prejudice.
3.4.3 Ethnocentrism.
3.4.4 Racism.

4. Linguistic Issues in Intercultural Communications.
4.1 Language and Intercultural Communication.
4.2 The Functions of Language.
4.3 Language and Culture.
4.3.1 Directness.
4.4 Alternative Languages.
4.4.1 Argot
4.4.2 Slang.
4.4.3 Functions of Alternative Languages.
4.5 Foreign Language and Translation.
4.5.1 Problems of Translation and Equivalence.
4.5.2 Vocabulary or Lexical Equivalence.
4.5.3 Experiential-Cultural Equivalence.
4.6 Sapir Whorf Hypothesis.

5. Intercultural Differences in Writing.
5.1 Styles.

6. Cultural Influences on Context.
6.1 The Business Setting.
6.2 The Educational Setting.
6.3 The Health Care Setting.

7. Intercultural Competence.




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IV. METHODOLOGY

The course will be conducted as a seminar/workshop: that is, it will be highly interactive with most course
time devoted to discussion, exercises, and student-presented reports. Students will read materials, attend class,
complete assignments, and participate in class discussions.


V. EVALUATION

- Cultural self-assessment: 10%
- Book essay: 10%
- Research paper and presentation: 30%
- End of term in-class quiz: 30%
- Participation in the online discussion board, reading reports, reading checks, classwork: 20%


VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY

Required readings:

Samovar, Larry A. & Porter E. Richard Communication Between Cultures. 5th ed. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2003.

Samovar, Larry A., Porter, Richard E. & McDaniel, Edwin R.
Intercultural Communication: A Reader. 11th ed. Belmont, CA,
Thomson Wadsworth, 2006. (selected readings)

Beamer, Linda "Learning Intercultural Communication Competence." Journal of
Business Communication, 29 (3) July 1992. pp. 285-303.

Beamer, Linda "Bridging Business Cultures." China Business Review, 25(3)
May/June 1998. pp. 54-58.

Berman, Paul "Al Qaeda's Philosopher." New York Times Magazine, March 23,
2003.

Briam, Carol "Outsourced: Using a Comedy Film to Teach Intercultural
Communication."Business Communication Quarterly, 73(4)
December 2010. pp. 383-398.

Good, Erica "How Cultures Mold Habits of Thought." New York Times,
August 8, 2000.

Lauring, Jakob "Intercultural Organizational Communication. The Social
Organizing of Interaction in International Encounters." Journal of
Business Communication, 48(3) July 2011. pp. 231-255.

Tierney, John "Baffled Occupiers, or the Missed Understanding." New York
Times, October 22, 2003.

Secondary readings:

Bennett, Milton J. Basic Concepts of Intercultural Communication. Yarmouth, ME:
Intercultural Press, Inc., 1998.

Hall, Edward. T. The Silent Language. New York, Anchor Press/Doubleday. 1973.



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Hoffman, Eva Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language. Penguin Books,
1989.

Trompenaars, F. & C. Hampden-Turner Riding the Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global
Business. London, Nicholas Brealey. 1997.

Eaton, Liberty, Louw, Johann "Culture and Self in South Africa: Individualism-Collectivism
Predictions." Journal of Social Psychology, 140(2) 2000. pp. 210 -
217.

Mallinger, Mark, Rossy, Gerard "Film as a Lens for Teaching Culture: Balancing Concepts,
Ambiguity, and Paradox." Journal of Management Education;
27(5) October 2003. pp. 608 - 624.

Tange, Hanne "Caught in the Tower of Babel: University Lecturers' Experiences
with Internationalisation." Language and Intercultural
Communication, 10(2) May 2010. pp. 137 - 149.




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