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(in Polish) Intercultural communication

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Course ID:	380-ERA-7JIB
Erasmus code / ISCED:	05.0 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0110) Education, not further defined The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	(unknown)
Name in Polish:	Intercultural communication
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Education
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	3.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) The classes introduce issues of interculturalism through the analysis of theories and concepts of coexistence of different cultural systems, the dynamics of their interpenetration and the construction of the so-called "third way". Analyses of semiotic theories and work with Gudykunst's theory introduce students to the issue of intercultural communication. The content of the course is the study of principles and rules that guide communication when the factor of cultural difference is introduced. Students will become acquainted with the basics of semiotic theory and Barthes' method, which allows them to analyze communication from an intercultural perspective.
Short description:	(in Polish) The classes introduce issues of interculturalism through the analysis of theories and concepts of coexistence of different cultural systems, the dynamics of their interpenetration and the construction of the so-called "third way". Analyses of semiotic theories and work with Gudykunst's theory introduce students to the issue of intercultural communication. The content of the course is the study of principles and rules that guide communication when the factor of cultural difference is introduced. Students will become acquainted with the basics of semiotic theory and Barthes' method, which allows them to analyze communication from an intercultural perspective.
Full description:	(in Polish) . Intercultural communication subject and problems: semiotic and sociopsychological tradition. 2. Intercultural communication as a social practice. Issues of disorders of ntercultural communication: ethnocentrism, ethnorelativism; stereotypes. 3. Intercultural communication as a social practice: tradition, canon, individual disposition - interpretations of the sign/symbol 4. Culture as communication: the importance of the process of interpretation in the reception and transmission of the social world. Basic assumptions of symbolic interactionism: G.H. Mead, J.Cooley, H.Blumer. 6. Theory of meaning, exchange of symbolic meanings and connected actions, role of symbol in communication process. 7. Theory of self in the light of collectivism and individualism of culture 8. Interpersonal cross-cultural communication. W. Gudykunst's uncertainty/anxiety control theory.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) GudykunstW.B.,Young Y.K., Communicating with Strangess. An Approache to Intercultural Communication, New York 1997 (third edition) Murzyn M.A., Purchla J., (ed.) Cultural Heritage in the 21th Century. Opportunities and Challnges,Kraków 2007 Shore B., Culture in Mind, New York, 1997 Wierzbicka A., Semantics, Culture and Cognition, New York 1992 Agar M., Language Shock. Understanding culture of conversation, New York 1993
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) write a paper: analyses of given cultural artifacts from the intercultural perspective

Classes in period "Academic year 2022/2023" (past)

Time span:	2022-10-01 - 2023-06-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W TH CW FR
Type of class:	Class, 15 hours more information
Coordinators:	Dorota Misiejuk
Group instructors:	Dorota Misiejuk
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Grading

Classes in period "Academic year 2023/2024" (in progress)

Time span:	2023-10-01 - 2024-06-30	Selected timetable range: weekly course term Navigate to timetable MO TU W CW TH FR
Type of class:	Class, 15 hours more information
Coordinators:	Dorota Misiejuk
Group instructors:	Dorota Misiejuk
Students list:	(inaccessible to you)
Examination:	Grading

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