Teaching results

Knowledge:
• understanding and distinguishing concepts such as ethnocentrism versus versus globalization, chauvinism, racism, nationalism, acculturation, and understanding the main stereotypes about Germany and other Germanophone countries
• recognition of the roost causes of conflicts that arise in intercultural communication and knowledge of methods and techniques for resolving them
Competencies:
• active use of professional terminology and ability to discuss current issues that are part of the social debate in German-speaking countries
• a rich vocabulary in history, cultural and social realities, economic and political language
• the ability to analyse one´s own cultural identitz, to develop a critical atitude towards one´s own society and the ability to confront this with attitudes towards other cultures
• competence in overcoming the barriers of ethnocentrism and understanding the dangers of prejudice in the process of intercultural communication
Skills:
• the student has acquired socio-cultural competence and is able to understand the mentality of the inhabitans of Germanophone countries and the coexistence of different ethnic and religious groups
• in conjunction with the development of intercultural competence, this course also develops students´ communication skills in a foreign language and activates the vocabulary of the area of interest