Year
2017
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 2-hour seminar weekly
Topic description
This topic further examines the issues of language, culture and communication as they apply to cross-cultural contexts. Students are encouraged to explore differing norms of interaction across speech communities and how people negotiate cross-cultural communication in diverse settings, including everyday encounters and the workplace.
Educational aims
This topic aims to:
- provide students with analytical skills for assessing the significance of cultural contexts and communication in linguistically diverse societies
- develop practice in the skills of ethnographic fieldwork, particularly in everyday encounters and workplace contexts
- encourage students to communicate more effectively while enhancing their inter-cultural understanding
Expected learning outcomes
On completing this topic students will be able to:
- demonstrate their analytical skills by applying general concepts in specific ethnographic contexts
- carry out an ethnographic field project assessing the significance of key concepts in inter-cultural communication
- effectively articulate their own personal beliefs and assess their values in relation to their observations of communication in a range of cross- (and inter-) cultural contexts
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2017 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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