KIE-08006 Intercultural Communication Skills, 3 cr

Additional information

Students will be accepted to the course according to the time of sign-up and priority will be given to TUT students, for whom the course is compulsory.


Places in the course will be distributed as follows:
- 18 students from degree programmes in Finnish
- 14 students from international master's degree programmes
- Exchange students are welcome and accepted to the group on a space-available basis.

Please enroll in the waiting list if the course is full because it is still highly probable you will get a place in the course. The instructor will send you a message to let you know if there are places available in the implementation of the course.

Person responsible

Carlos Mendoza Santana

Lessons

Learning Outcomes

This course develops students intercultural communication skills through short lectures, practical exercises and multicultural teamwork in face-to-face and online environments. The multicultural groups consist of both local and international students, which allows the students to learn and practice intercultural communication with each other in each class and teamwork. At the end of the course students will be able to: identify different cultural communication patterns, concepts of time, politeness and work values in social, academic and professional environments . describe adaptation processes to cultural foreign environments and to multicultural settings. identify the influence and importance of nonverbal communication and the relation of language and thought in cross-cultural collaboration. apply strategies to enhance collaboration in multicultural teams independently explore, analyze, and give suggestion to overcome critical incidents in social, professional and academic settings.

Content

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

To achieve the learning outcomes, students will: complete a minimum of 80% attendance in the face-to-face lessons scheduled in the course. watch videos/read material and then take part in group discussions online and face-to-face. give and receive feedback from other students and the instructor. work actively in a multicultural team with local and international students. elaborate a final group project related to intercultural communication. Grading scale is numeric 0-5

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

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