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.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Languages & Humanities
Department
Linguistics and Literary Studies
Educational team
Antoon Cox (course titular)
Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
64 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

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.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) :
Additional info

None

Learning Outcomes

Eindcompetenties

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.

Grading

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:

  • paper with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Exam January: Paper: 100,00

Additional info regarding evaluation

Evaluation will consist in the writing of a paper on a previously agreed topic (100%). 

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

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)