School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsIntercultural PragmaticsWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101454.2
Discipline: LINGUISTICS
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
In addition to appropriate competence in English, students are expected to have equivalent Level 2 knowledge of one of the following languages: Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian.
About this Unit
In 2013, this unit replaced by 101950 - Intercultural Communication. This is an optional level 3 core unit for the major in Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and Italian, within the BA Languages Key Program. It also constitutes part of the linguistics major and sub-major. It can also be taken as an elective.
This is a language-specific unit intended to develop the students’ awareness of language usage issues which may have an impact on intercultural communication and, therefore, on cultural stereotyping as well as other real life interests, such as business relationships and professional performance. It covers issues such as the relationship between culture and language use, ingroup-outgroup relationships, speech acts across cultures, politeness in text and discourse, miscommunication and stereotyping.
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