Course: Intercultural Communication I

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Course title Intercultural Communication I
Course code KGER/KIKK1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction German
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Růžičková Monika, Mgr.
  • Hrdličková Jana, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Mühlberg Krejčová Martina
Course content
1. Intercultural communication terms, interculturalism, multiculturalism and transculturalism 2. Culture shock and introspection - preparation for staying abroad 3. Culture shock and introspection - problems after returning home 4. Evaluation of staying abroad 5. Working abroad and the issue of family members recreating their lives abroad 6. Dual Career Couples abroad 7. Ambulance and intercultural communication 8. City tour in terms of interculturalism - theory 9.-11. Preparing own city tour designed for foreigners 12. City tour evaluation, recommendations, criticism 13. Summary and outlook in Intercultural Communication II

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
Students will become acquainted with basic terminology in intercultural communication (interculturalism, multiculturalism, transculturalism, culture shock) and theoretical insights into intercultural communication based on secondary literature and other resources. The aim of the course is to deepen students´ intercultural competence based on intercultural communication especially in Czech-German area. Students will practice this communication in tourist guiding.
Student - can define basic terms of intercultural communication and is acquainted with its theory - can understand double culture shock - can analyze own staying abroad and evaluate its difficulties - can read secondary literature in German and based on this outline theoretical basis of intercultural tourist guiding and apply it in practice.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit requirements: Active participation in seminars, reading a paper on a given topic, demonstration of intercultural communication focused on tourist guiding.
Recommended literature
  • MÜLLER-JACQUIER, Bernd. Identifizieren, Erklären, Vernetzen: Bedeutungserklärungen im Transfer von Fremdkulturwissen. München, 2010.
  • SMOLNY, Ulrike. Auslandsentsendungen von Dual Career Couples. Stuttgart, 2010.
  • WIERLACHER, Alois. Mit fremden Augen oder: Fremdheit als Ferment. Überlegungen zur Begründung einer interkulturellen Hermeneutik deutscher Literatur. Bayreuth, 1988.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Intercultural German Studies (A14) Category: Philological sciences 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter