ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION
Course : Intercultural Communication
Code : IG520
Credits : 2 Credit Hours
Lecturer : Budi Hermawan, Susi Septaviana Rakhmawati
1. Goals:
The course is designed
to familiarize students with the concepts of communication and cultures
to make students able to communicate appropriately and effectively in different cultural contexts, especially in the culture of English speaking countries.
2. Content
The course is mainly focused on encouraging students’ awareness of different perspectives or outlooks of different cultures with the emphasis on the cultures of English speaking countries. The course acquaints students with different concepts of communication and cultures. It provides students with stories, pictures and exercises of how to successfully communicate--negotiate, giving information, making contact and request among others—with people from different cultures.
3. Learning activities
Presentation, group work, lecturing
4. Evaluation
Assessment will be based on Paper : 30% Participation : 10% Mid test : 25% Final test : 35%
Intercultural Project/Paper – individual.
The Intercultural Project is your opportunity to apply what you have learned in class. You will choose a distinct ethnic group (e.g. Timoresse, Balinesse). You will then pose the following questions: 1) If you (as a Sundanesse or Javanesse), lived among these people, how would their communication be similar or different from your own? How would they accept or perceive you? 2) If these people came to your province for instance, how would their communication be perceived here? How would it be similar? How different? How would they be accepted?
Your answer to these questions will be discovered in a careful, systematic investigation that involves the following.
a. Literature Review (6) Find a minimum of 15 scholarly sources (journal articles, books) about your project.
the ethnic group you are studying. This interview must be audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. It is expected the interview will take at least 20 minutes.
c. Final Paper (14) Write an 4-6 page paper that presents findings from this project. The paper must be structured in the form of an argument that includes the following: 1) pose a research question or questions, 2) discuss the relevant literature, 3) explain the method or methods used to answer the question or questions, 4) present findings, 5) summarize important issues found through the project, and 6) look forward by posing issues for future study. A hard copy of the paper must be turned in class and in CD format (one for one class).
5. Weekly syllabus
Week Topics Sources
1 Syllabus Introduction Syllabus
2 Concepts of Communication and Cultures 1 Ch.1 Watson, J. 2003.
Ch.1 and 10. Jandt, Fred E. 1998. 3 Concepts of Communication and Cultures 2 Ch.1 Watson, J. 2003.
Ch.1 and 9. Jandt, Fred E. 1998. 4 Cultural shocks
*table manner practice at Panghegar Hotel Ch.1. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen, P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 5 Review and discussion
6 Stereotypes, Myths and prejudices 1 Ch.4 Jandt, Fred E. 1998. Elliot, C and Adam, J. 1999 7 Stereotypes, Myths and prejudices 2 Ch. 4 Jandt, Fred E. 1998.
Elliot, C and Adam, J. 1999
8 Mid test
9 Symbols, identity and cultures Ch.1. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen, P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002
Ch. 3 and 5. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen, P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 10 Symbols, identity and cultures Ch.1. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen,
P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 Ch. 3 and 5. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen, P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 11 Review and discussions
12 Different settings 1
Paper is due Ch.1. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen, P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 Ch. 3 and 5. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen, P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 13 Different settings 2 Ch.1. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen,
P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 Ch. 3 and 5. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen, P.B, Hofstede, G. 2002 14 Different settings 3 Ch.1. Hofstede, G.J, Pedersen,
15 Review 16 Final Test
