intercultural communication course

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Intercultural Communication

Instructor: Prof. An Ran

Office: B1-314

Office Phone: 39381028

Office Hour: By appointmentE-mail: [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Self-introduction


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Dean of School of International Education

School of International Education

Ph.D in multicultural education

Professor, Ph.D supervisor


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1. Tell me something about your understanding of

intercultural communication and adaptation.

2. What do you expect to learn from this course?


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Watch a film

Your comments


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Intercultural attitudeIntercultural understanding

Intercultural communication (verbal and nonverbal)

Intercultural adaptationIntercultural training

Intercultural communication competence

Stereotypes and prejudice


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Teaching Media/Language: English

General Course Statement:

This course will survey major topics in the field of intercultural

communication and provide some experiences in interculturalencounterthrough discussions and exercises. The course isdesigned to give you an introduction to the large area ofintercultural communication, and prepare you for morein-depth knowledge and experience in dealing with people

from different cultures. At the end of the course, you areexpected to know how to get through the barriers ofintercultural interaction.


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Texts:

Chen, G. M., & Starosta, W. J. (2005).Foundations of intercultural communication.

Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Suggested readings(attached)


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Suggested Readings (attached):

http://www2.scut.edu.cn/interculture

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01471767

The international journal of intercultural relations
http://www2.scut.edu.cn/interculturehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01471767http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01471767http://www2.scut.edu.cn/interculture


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Requirements:You are required to

1. attend and participate the class meetings.

2. complete the following assignments:

a. an essay (details to be given).b. one group presentation based on one issue of

intercultural communication (10-15 minutes; all kinds ofpresentation style including debate, play, forum, talk show,game show, role playing, etc., are acceptable).

c. Other assignments.


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Policies & Expectations:

1. You must attend class in order to participate in exercises anddiscussions. If you miss a class meeting, you will loseattendance/participation course credit (points) as follows:4

pointsper class missed.2. Written assignments must be typed.

3. Presentation will be evaluated based on seven elements: how(the process of preparation), what (the content), style (theway you present yourself), cooperation (between you andyour teammate), time, costume, and setting. Four people inone team.


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Course Evaluation:

Final grades will be cumulative and based on

Essay 30%

Presentation 15%

Class Attendance 20%

Class Discussion 20%Other Assignments 15%


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SYLLABUS

Week 1

Introduction to Course

History of Intercultural Communication Study

Week 2

Culture & Communication

The Nature of Culture

The Communication Process

The Content of Intercultural Communication Study

Read: Chen: 1, 2


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Week 3

Perception, Value

Stereotypes, Prejudice

Cultural Value Orientations

Read: Chen: 3

Week 4

Intercultural Adaptation

Culture Shock

U-Curve Pattern

W-Curve PatternA Dialectical Model

A Transformative Learning Model

Read: Chen: 8

Week 5

Intercultural Adaptation Continued

Week 6Intercultural Training

Cultural Assimilation

Cultural Awareness

Read: Chen: 12

Week 7Language and Culture

Characteristics of Language

Structure of Language

Language Changes and Variations

Relationship between Language &

CultureRead: Chen: 4


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Week 8Proposal(1000 words)

Deadline: (April 30, 2014, 5pm.)

Week 9Language Continued

Nonverbal Communication

Functions of NV Communication

Structure of NV Communication

Culture and NV CommunicationCriticism of NV Comm. Study

Read: Chen: 5

Week 10

Intercultural Conflict Management

Cultural Influence on ConflictManagement

Determinant Factors of Conflicts

Read:Chen: 7

Week 11Intercultural Communication

Competence

Approaches to the Study of

ICC Dimensions and

Components of ICC

Read: Chen: 11

Essay Writing

Due:essay (June 20, 2014,

before 5pm.)


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Questions?


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Rich (1974): Concept

Intercultural communication: focuses on the study ofinteraction between people from different culturalbackgrounds.

International communication: focuses on the study ofinteraction between representatives of differentnations.

Interracial communication: focuses on the study ofinteraction between members of the numerically orpolitically dominant culture and co-culture in thesame nation.

Interethnic or minority communication: focuses on thestudy of interaction among co-cultures in the samenation.


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Anthropologist Edward T. Hall received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in1942 and did fieldwork on intercultural relations with the Navajo, Hopi, Spanish-

Americans, and the Trukese.

From 1959 to 1963 he directed a communications research project at the

Washington School of Psychiatry where he studied nonverbal communication.

He taught at the University of Denver, Bennington College, the Harvard Business

School, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Northwestern University.

Dr. Hall was a Fellow of the American Anthropological Association and the

Society for Applied Anthropology, and a member of the Building Research

Advisory Board of the National Academy of Sciences.


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Question for discussion:

What are the contributions of E.T.Hall to

the study of intercultural communication?


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The contributions of Hall to the study of intercultural communication.

1. Extended focuses from traditional anthropology to comparative culture study.Observes the interaction of people from different cultures.

2. Shifts the study of culture from a macro perspective to a micro analysis. This shift

encourages the study of intercultural communication in terms of the practical needsof the interactants in communication.

3. Developed a link between anthropology and communication studies. He shifted theimportance of qualitative methods of anthropology to the quantitative methods ofcommunication research.

4. Stated that communication is rule governed, analyzable, and learned variable,

which permits researchers in communication to theorize about cultural patterns ofinteraction.

5. Stated holistic understanding. There are many other ways in which to formulate anunderstanding of another culture such as use of voice, gestures, time and space.

6. Promotion of field experience in foreign countries as part of teaching materials.Hall noted the importance of students learning about other cultures andencouraged international students to socialize with one another.

7. Introduced intercultural communication to international business as well as foreign-service officers.

8. Current etic and emic research methods are derived from Halls model.


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Oliver (1962) Culture and Communication. It focuses on Asian philosophy

and communication behaviors. This book establishes a model for the

comparative study of communication behaviors between cultures.

Smith (1966) Communication and Culture. It is a collection of essays on

human communication covering thirteen types of communication studies. It

confirms the status of intercultural communication as a field of study.

The first college class in this field taught in 1966 at the University of Pittsburgh.

Development of intercultural communication studies from 1960 to 1970


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Development of intercultural communication studies from 1971 to 1980

Indiana University awarded the first doctoral degree in intercultural

communication.

The International Journal of Intercultural Relations began publication in

1977.

Characteristics:Intercultural communication scholars pursued their owndirections and definitions, with few attempts at integration.


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Development of intercultural communication studies from 1980s

Five collections published in 1980s advanced an agenda for the study of

intercultural communication:

Gudykunst's Intercultural Communication Theory: Current Perspectives

(1983)Gudykunst and Kim's Methods of Intercultural Research(1984)

Kincaid's Communication Theory: Eastern and Western Perspectives

(1988)

Kim and Gudykunst's Theories in Intercultural Communication(1988)

Asante and Gudykunst's Handbook of International and Intercultural

Communication(1989)

Theory building and methodological refinement characterize intercultural

communication study during this decade.


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In the 1980s,quantitative research methods dominated intercultural

communication study

From early 1990s, scholars resumed work in rhetorical, semiotic,

linguistic, and ethnographic methods of intercultural communication

research.

Now the two research orientations will co-exist, in the form of

triangulation, where in one form of study supplements the other.

Further, both of these orientations will be challenged by critical

scholars, who focus on correcting historical patterns of domination and

oppression.

Characteristics in Research


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International Communication Association (ICA)

It has a division of intercultural communication.

Major Professional Associations

China Association for Intercultural Communication (CAFIC)

The International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies (IAICS)

Harbin, Beijing, Shanghai & Zhejiang,Wuhan, Guangzhou


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Your understanding of Halls contribution to

intercultural communication.

Homework


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Assignment for the next presentation


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Thank You!!

intercultural communication course

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