Intercultural Studies in French
- Credits: 6
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P + 2C
- Semester: summer
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Applied Languages
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge:
• learning about the basic concepts about cultures, communication, and intercultural communication
• study of selected scientific theories
• building knowledge about the creation of cultures and their various components
• getting to understand the causes, manifestations, and consequences of cultural diversity
• improving the insight into various areas of culture associated with the studied language
• expanding the theoretical knowledge about various aspects of intra- and intercultural communication
Competencies:
• development of the intercultural competence of the students
• building their critical thinking, and building their ability to actively use their accumulated knowledge in direct and indirect communication with representatives of foreign cultures
• hand in hand with the development of intercultural competence the course develops the communicative competence of students in the foreign language
• activating their vocabulary in the area of interest
Skills:
• fostering and maintaining the basic language skills, listening, reading comprehension,
• writing and speaking
• development of presentation skills, ability to work with various media and utilise variety of sources to prepare their assignments and seminar papers
Indicative content
- Introduction to cultures and communication
- Components of culture (aspects of French culture)
- Cultural identity
- Cultural dimensions
- Comparison of cultures
- Communication models and theories
Support literature
Required:
1. DAHL, Oyvind. Communication interculturelle. Une introduction. Oxford; Bern; Berlin; Bruxelles; New York; Wien: Peter Lang, 2021. 306 pp. ISBN 978-1-80079-357-6.
2. REGNAULT, Elisabeth – COSTA-FERNANDEZ, Elaine (éd.). L’interculturel aujourd’hui. Perspectives et enjeux. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2016. 398 pp. ISBN 978-2-343-09973-6.
3. SAUQUET, Michel – VIELAJUS, Martin. L’Intelligence interculturelle. Paris: Éditions Charles Leopold Mayer, 2014. 404 pp. ISBN 978-2-84377-185-9.
Optional:
1. BOURSE, Michel. Les mots et les idées : l’interculturel et/ou le multiculturel. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2017. 330 pp. ISBN 978-2-343-11059-2.
2. CONDEI, Cecilia – DUFAYS, Jean-Louis – LEBRUN, Monique (éds.). L’interculturel en francophonie. Représentations des apprenants et discours des manuels. Louvain-la-Neuve: EME Modulaires, 2015. 240 pp. ISBN 978-2-87525-463-4.
3. KERBRAT-ORECCHIONI, Catherine (éd.). S’adresser à autrui : les formes nominales d’adresse dans une perspective comparative interculturelle. Savoie: Université de Savoie, 2014. 416 pp. ISBN 978-2-919732-32-6.
4. MATTELART, Armand – MATTELART, Michèle. Histoire des théories de la communication. 4e édition. Paris: La Découverte, 2018. 128 pp. ISBN 978-2-348-04067-2.
5. PRETCEILLE, Martine. L’éducation interculturelle. 5e édition. Paris: Que sais-je, 2017. 128 pp. ISBN 978-2-13-078763-1.
6. THÉSÉE, Gina – CARIGNAN, Nicole – CARR, Paul R. (éds.). Les faces cachées de l’interculturel. De la rencontre des porteurs de cultures. Paris: L’Harmattan, 2010. 249 pp. ISBN 978-2-296-12373-1.
7. VERBUNT, Gilles. Manuel d’initiation à l’interculturel. Lyon: Chronique Sociale, 2011. 108 pp. ISBN 978-2-85008-868-1.
Requirements to complete the course
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%
Student workload
Full-time study: 156 hours. Of which:
52 hours – attendance at seminars
42 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
62 hours – preparation for the final exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
French
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 18.05.2022