APG5652 Language and intercultural communication
Faculty of Arts
APG5652 Language and intercultural communication is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Clayton
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before APG5652
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After APG5652
No unit lists APG5652 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: APG4652
Overview
In this unit students explore the various ways in which different cultures structure communication and skills for successful intercultural communication. Key theories underpinning intercultural communication are explored, including politeness, face, multilingual context, cultural conceptualizations, and metacultural competence. Students apply their insights to case-studies from a wider variety of languages and contexts, and develop skills to address intercultural communication challenges in their own professional contexts.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | Online |
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Eexplain key concepts, including context, face and politeness, intercultural discourse, speech acts, English as a lingua franca, multilingualism, cultural conceptualizations, and metacultural competence;
- 2
Ddemonstrate sensitivity to differences and similarities in cultural expectations, and identify and analyse reasons for intercultural (mis)communication;
- 3
Rreview and summarize key research directions in the field of intercultural communication;
- 4
Cconduct small-scale research in the area of intercultural communication.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Brook Bolander
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Brook Bolander
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5652?
APG5652 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is APG5652 offered?
In 2020, APG5652 runs in Semester 1 at Clayton, with an online option.
How much work is APG5652?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.