INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

The definition of a model of intercultural communicative competence. Analysis of the main critical points in intercultural communication according to the following parameters: cultural values, verbal and non verbal communication, communicative events.
Training the behavioral abilities through practical activities and comparing what developed in class with the requests of the labour market as far as the demands and the challenges of internationalization and globalization are concerned, particularly to face the challenges proposed by the world of intercultural communication in a company.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The student will acquire basic knowledge and understanding regarding: underlying theoretical principles of intercultural communication; theories of language acquisition; culture in the literature and intercultural communication and education.

APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
The student will acquire the skills to: make connections between theory and its implications for practice; analyze and create teaching materials related to literature and intercultural communication; elaborate exercises and tasks for a given group with specific needs; analyze a situation for language teaching intervention.

AUTONOMY
Knowing how to organise a course matching the requirements of the context and to evaluate teaching materials.

COMMUNICATIVE ABILITY
Mastery of the LSP of intercultural communication research.

LEARNING ABILITY
Note taking, participating in research and work groups, organising autonomous research, carrying out field research

no one prerequisite is required

The course is a study in depth about intercultural communication.
The impact of the cultural differences in international and multicultural contexts (such as: corporate, educational, institutional, sociomedical) will be analyzed; the links with psychology and anthropology wil be explained.

Balboni P., Caon F., 2015, La comunicazione interculturale, Venezia, Marsilio.
Brichese A., Tonioli V. (a cura di), 2017, Il mediatore interlinguistico e interculturale e il facilitatore linguistico: natura e competenze, Venezia, Marsilio.
Battaglia S., Caon F. 2022, La comunicazione interculturale in azienda e nel mondo delle organizzazioni, Venezia, Marsilio.

written exam (OPEN BOOK); it will be possible to carry out supplementary activities upon indication of the teacher

Traditional lessons, group discussions, analysis of videos, case studies, etc.

Italian

written