3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4020580EER for all students in the 1st semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
This course intends to introduce students to the intricacies of communication between cultures. In a series of ten talks lecturers with different backgrounds will give their point of view on cultural communication, specifically regarding their field of expertise. Theories to be presented will be: Edward T. Hall, Gert Hofstede, Brendan McSweeney, Ingrid Piller, Adrian Holliday.
Deze cursus heeft als doel de studenten kennis te laten met de problemen van de communicatie tussen culturen. In een reeks van tien voordrachten zullen docenten met verschillende achtergronden hun standpunt over culturele communicatie geven, in het bijzonder met betrekking tot hun vakgebied, taal, land. De volgende theorieën zullen aan bod komen: Edward T. Hall, Gert Hofstede, Brendan McSweeney, Ingrid Piller, Adrian Holliday.
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Students are able to pin down differences in cultures in terms of parameters as seen in class, be it according to Hofstede’s, Hall’s, Trompenaar’s, Piller’s or others’ classifications. They are able to show that these differences are ascribable to geographical and/or educational circumstances and are not maybe induced but not determined by natural causes. At the end of term students are able to describe behaviours that are acceptable in specific cultures and are not in others, without this having any implication as to its moral valuation.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Paper determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the SELF Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Evaluation will consist in the writing of a paper on a previously agreed topic (100%).
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 1 language (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics - 2 languages (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Translation: 2 talen (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Interpreting: 2 talen
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Linguistics 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 1 Language
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingualism and Foreign Language Acquisition 2 Languages
Master of Linguistics and Literary Studies: Profile Multilingual Mediation and Communication - 2 languages
Master of Teaching in Languages: 1 taal (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Teaching in Languages: 2 talen (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)