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Intercultural Communication (LL250)

Syllabus & Course Schedule Moderator Assignments, Weeks 9-14 Introductory Activities: Culture Cue Bingo What do you see? Culture Matters Workbook (World Wise Schools, PeaceCorps)		Cross-Cultural Group Discussion Topics Instructions for Cross-Cultural Discussion Groups
		Week 1 Week 2 Week 3	Week 4 Week 5 Week 6		Week 7 Week 8
Chapter 1 The Challenge of Intercultural Communication: Interaction in a diverse World
Chapter 2 Understanding Culture: Alternative Views of Reality		Chapter 3 The Deep Structure of Culture--Roots of Reality
Worksheets Part 1--Understanding Culture, Perception, Beliefs, Values Part 2--Studying Cultural Patterns, Dominant American Cultural Patterns, Diverse Cultural Patterns	Activities How Non-Americans See Americans You Americans Proverbs In the Mind of the Beholder (Parts 1 & 2) The Things we Say: Culture in Casual Expressions (US) The Things we Say: Culture in Casual Expressions (non-US) Nunchi and Korean Culture (a panel interview of Korean students)	Worksheets Part 1--Religions & Their Influence on Culture Islam and Arab Culture--Discussion Questions Part 2--Family and History: Their Influence on Culture		Activities Video: The Five Pillars of Islam Grid: Religious, family, & historical influences on dominant cultural value patterns Sources of American Culture
Chapter 4 Language and Culture: Words and Meaning		Chapter 5 Nonverbal Communication: The Messages of Action, Space, Time, and Silence
Worksheets Part 1--Language ad Intercultural Communication, Language and Culture Part 2--Language Diversity in the United States, Alternative Languages	Activities Decoding Indirectness Culture and Communication Styles (see also Possible Perceptions) Male and Female Speech Video American Tongues--worksheet/discussion questions	Worksheets Nonverbal Communication: The Messages of Action, Space, Time, and Silence Videos Cross-Cultural Communication in Diverse Settings (VTC 2946) Killing Us Softly--The Influence of the Media (worksheet)		Activities Two Very Different Concepts of Time Conversational Style Decoding Indirectness Styles of Communication: Direct and Indirect Speaker Meaning Nonverbal Communication Nonverbal Communication in the Classroom and at a Party Paralanguage
Midterm Study Guide Presentation Evaluation Form
Chapter 6 Cultural Influences on Context: The Business Setting		Chapter 7 Cultural Influences on Context: The Educational Setting
Worksheets Cultural Influences on Context: The Business Setting Video: Global One (VTC 4075) Worksheet for Video "Global One: Cross-Cultural Understanding", point 7--Etiquette	Activities Observing the Workplace Workplace Values and Norms: Comparing American and Host Country Values Concept of Power: High and Low Power Distance -- Management Styles Attitude toward Uncertainty & the Unknown--High & Low Uncertainty Avoidance in the Workplace The Source of Status: Achieved or Ascribed The American Supervisor 4-group Activity: Challenges in the Workplace Critical Incidents/Cross-Cultural Scenarios	Worksheets Cultural Influences on Context: The Educational Setting		Activities
Chapter 8 Cultural Influences on Context: The Health Care Setting		Chapter 9\ Intercultural Challenges: Recognizing and Dealing with Difference
Worksheets Cultural Influences On The Health Care System	Activities Small group discussion Critical Incidents	Worksheets Problems in Intercultural Communication Video: Cold Water (VTC 3302 Worksheet for Cold Water		Activities Attitudes Toward Cultural Difference: From Ethnocentrism to Ethnorelativism Cultural Adjustment: A Diagram Stereotyping Awareness Attitudes toward Cultural Difference Exercise, Part 1 The Four Levels of Cultural Awareness The Cycle of Adjustment Coping Strategies
Chapter 10 Becoming competent: A Point of View		Assignments Longer Paper--Cross-cultural Analysis/Final Project Options Instructions Auto-ethnography-- Sample Outline
Worksheets Becoming Competent: A Point of View	Activities Can I still be me? Instructions for this activity

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