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Postgraduate Course: Cross-cultural communication (LASC11099)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Language Sciences	Other subject area	None
Course website	None
Course description	This course examines the linguistic and paralinguistic factors affecting communication from one culture to another by analysing cross-cultural communication from the perspective of interactional sociolinguistics. Through readings, lectures and discussions, students will examine the communicative practices of different cultural groups and will analyse examples of cross-cultural (mis-) communication in a variety of contexts, ranging from casual interpersonal conversation to interactions in specific institutional settings. Although cross-cultural communication will be mainly studied from the perspective of interactional sociolinguistics, two class sessions will be devoted to cross-cultural pragmatics and contrastive (written) rhetoric. Venue: 1.02, 14 Buccleuch Place

Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Introduction to Sociolinguistics (LASC11095) AND Introduction to Discourse Analysis (LASC11093)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Introduction to Discourse Analysis or equivalents.
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the course, students will be able to: - Understand and discuss important concepts in cross-cultural communication. - Explore cultural differences within the framework of interactional sociolinguistics, describe their linguistic and paralinguistic expression and the impact these differences can have on effective communication. - Analyse spoken and written data in respect to cross-cultural differences and similarities. - Acquire, refine and practice communication skills necessary in a cross-cultural environment.

Assessment Information
Assessment is by assignment (100%).
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser		Course secretary	Miss Toni Noble Tel: (0131 6)51 3188 Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk

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