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Certificate of Achievement

Stefan Reindl

has completed the following course:

Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Intercultural Contact

University of Leeds

This course has explored the effects of cultural interactions from both historical and global perspectives.

2 weeks, 5 hours per week

Dr Haynes Collins

Lecturer in Intercultural Studies

University of Leeds

87%
overall score

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Explore intercultural contact from historical and global perspectives.
  • Investigate the ways in which people develop intercultural competence using the KASA model.
  • Compare different experiences of returning to “home” cultures following periods of absence.
  • Assess the usefulness of Holliday’s notion of blocks and threads to evaluate intercultural contact.
  • Explain how ethnographic study supports the investigation of cultural environments.
  • Investigate an example of intercultural contact using the ideas of critical incidents and rich points.
  • Describe two different models to explain how the process of adapting to a new culture works.
  • Use key concepts of homophily, in and out groups, othering and race to explain how connections and divisions are formed between cultures.

Syllabus

  • The history of intercultural contact and the effects of globalisation.
  • Intercultural competence – the skills necessary to interact effectively with people from different environments and backgrounds.
  • How critical incidents and rich points can provide fertile ground for developing intercultural awareness.
  • The effects of returning to “home” cultures following periods spent in another environment.
  • How preconceptions and assumptions affect intercultural contact.
  • Looking beyond national identity to find ways in which connections between people can be established.
  • An introduction to the way in which ethnography can be used to investigate cultural environments.

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Issued on 24th February 2020

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Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Intercultural Contact

University of Leeds