FL 1 – Culture and Communication in Italian for Advanced Level

  • Credits: 3
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of International Relations

Teachers

Included in study programs

International Economic Relations

Teaching results

Knowledge: Understanding the impact of culture on communication and manifestations of culture in communication, primarily in intercultural interactions stemming from mastering basic terminology and comprehension of selected theories of culture and communication.
Skills: Ability to adequately assess and analyse a particular communication encounter in an intercultural context so that its understanding results in successful communication at the relevant level of the Italian language command.
Competence: Built-up basic cultural sensitivity and developed cultural awareness.

Indicative content

1. Culture: definitions, research methodology.
2. Culture: forms and ideologies; cultural dimensions.
3. Social etiquette in business negotiations with a foreign partner.
4. Manager communication skills.
5. Stereotypes and prejudices.
6. Culture shock.
7. Intra-company communication tools.
8. Communication: definitions, composition and levels of the communication process.
9. Verbal communication.
10. Non-verbal communication.
11. Intercultural communication.
12. Intercultural differences in the context of meeting with a foreign partner.
13. Globalising tendencies in communication.

Support literature

1. BALBONI, P.E. – CAON, F. (2015): La comunicazione interculturale. Venezia: Marsilio editore. ISBN 978-88-317-2046-5
2. DE BIASIO, M: - GAROFALO, P. (2008): Mosaico Italia. Percorsi nella cultura e nella civiltà italiana. Roma: Edilingua. ISBN 978 – 960-663-69-3
3. CASTIGLIONI, I. (2005): La comunicazione interculturale:competenze e pratiche. Roma: Carocci. ISBN 978-884-303-323-2

Requirements to complete the course

Project (assessed work) and its presentation – 40 %
Final examination – 60 %

Student workload

78 hours
26 hours – participation in sessions
20 hours – project and presentation preparation (assessed work)
32 hours – preparation for the examination

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Italian

Date of approval: 08.03.2024

Date of the latest change: 12.01.2022