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Basics of Intercultural Communication

Course code

KOK7033.FK

old course code

KOK7033

Course title in Estonian

Kultuuridevahelise suhtluse alused

Course title in English

Basics of Intercultural Communication

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

To introduce the fundamentals of intercultural communication from a discourse and anthropological perspective. To provide a better understanding of people’s actions as always contextually situated.

Brief description of the course

The course provides a panoramic overview of intercultural communication studies from a discourse perspective, placing emphasis on language and ethnographic work as key components in order to better understand intercultural communication processes in today’s world. Students will be introduced to recent theoretical developments in the field and methodological issues. Debates will revolve around relevant sites where intercultural communication is essential to the understanding of social inequalities.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of the fundamentals of intercultural discourse and communication;
- understands of the theoretical models behind the field of intercultural communication from a discourse perspective, the ethnography of speaking and language in social use.

Teacher

Dr. Anastassia Zabrodskaja, Professor of Estonian as a Second Language

The course is a prerequisite

Language and Intercultural Communication (KOI7020.FK)
Models of Cultural Differences (KOI7017.FK)

Study programmes containing that course