Intercultural Communication Skills, 3–5 cr

Core content

• Cultural assumptions and attitudes towards communication, space, time and politeness
• Cultural dimensions: essentialist and non-essentialist views of culture
  
• Language patterns and multilingualism in the academic and workplace
• Influence of verbal and non-verbal communication in intercultural encounters
  
• Relation between language and thought
  
• Influence of the environment in intercultural encounters
  
• Model of development of intercultural sensitivity
• Acculturation process: culture shock and reverse culture shock
• Critical incident analysis of intercultural misunderstandings and clashes
  
• Analysis of the cultural environment in the academic, social and workplace.