TEACHING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION - 2019/0

Module Overview

This module provides a practical introduction to teaching intercultural communication in various settings and contexts. Starting from a discussion of the nature of intercultural competence, it will cover ways of assessing intercultural competence, needs analysis and tools / approaches to teaching, as well as providing an overview of the current market in intercultural teaching and training.

Module provider

School of Literature and Languages

Module Leader

DIPPOLD Doris (Lit & Langs)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 7

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None.

Module content

Indicative content includes:

• Stereotypes, prejudice, culture shock and the history of intercultural communication (teaching)


• Models of intercultural competence


• Needs assessment & learning outcomes


• Intercultural sociolinguistics and training


• The intercultural communication training and teaching market


• Selecting and evaluating materials and courses


• Planning engaging lessons: approaches & methods


• Textbook analysis


• Intercultural competence in specific contexts – the university

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

N/A

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the ability to design a theory-informed intercultural training programme.

 

Summative assessment

There are two assignments for this module. The first assignment will ask students to outline the learning aims and outcomes for a half-day intercultural training programme, targeted to a learner group of their choice. In the second assignment, students further develop the training programme, presenting an outline of activities, their rationale and any handouts, exercises and slides.

 

Formative assessment / Feedback

Formative assessment is provided in the form of feedback on the first assignment, which will help students develop their training programme. Moreover, in a session towards the end of the module, students are able to pitch their programme to their peers and the lecturer and receive further feedback. Students are also given the opportunity for informal feedback by the tutor during office hours, and are encouraged to seek peer feedback throughout.

Module aims

• to introduce students to central aspects of intercultural education in different settings, covering topics such as the nature of intercultural competence
• Assessment of intercultural competence
• Theoretical approaches to cultural learning
• The intercultural communication training and teaching market
• Needs analysis
• Teaching tools
• Planning teaching
• Textbook analysis
• To enable students to plan and write about their own intercultural training programme

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to introduce students to theoretical concepts and enable students to apply these to case studies.

The learning and teaching methods include:

• 22 hours (lectures / seminars)


• 64 hours independent learning / assignment work

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

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