In the contemporary globalized world, where the tempo and intensity of international contacts are continually strengthening, the role of international communication has become increasingly crucial.
This minor will help students develop an understanding of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural issues involved in international communication. Since different nations are associated with different languages and cultures, international communication is inseparable from intercultural communication - in the era of 'global English' more than ever, because one 'international English' can conceal deep differences in cultural assumptions. This minor will explore issues involved in interaction between speakers from different backgrounds and will equip them with conceptual tools to explore those issues.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an understanding of the nature of the complex and multifaceted relations between communication, culture, language and identity;
- demonstrate an understanding of the limits of translatability of key concepts across languages, and the implications of these limits for international communication;
- analyze cultural assumptions underlying expressions such as “the ideals of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law� (Obama 2006: p. 284) and explain their linguistic underpinnings;
- explain the sources of miscommunication between speakers of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds who communicate using English as a lingua franca;
- demonstrate and understanding of potential sources of miscommunication within multilingual and multi-cultural societies such as Australia; and
- communicate at a basic level in another language and understand the issues that can arise in international communication due to linguistic differences.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This minor requires the completion of 24 units, which must include:
A maximum of 12 units from completion of 1000-level courses
12 units from completion of courses from any Majors, Minors or courses on the following list:
French Language and Culture major
German Language and Culture major
Italian Language and Culture major
INDG2003 Gamilaraay - Introduction to an Australian Indigenous Language
INDG2004 Continuing Gamilaraay
INDG2005 Introduction to an Australian Indigenous Language
INDG2006 Continuing Australian Indigenous Language
LING2107 Advanced Academic English
PORT1001 Introductory Portuguese I
PORT1002 Introductory Portuguese II
PORT2001 Continuing Portuguese I
PORT2002 Continuing Portuguese II
TURK1001 Elementary Turkish A
TURK1002 Elementary Turkish B
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
LING2021 Cross Cultural Communication
6 units from completion of the following course(s):
ANTH1003 Global Citizen: Culture, Development and Inequality
ANTH2009 Culture and Development
ANTH2017 Culture, Social Justice and Aboriginal Society Today
ANTH2025 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
ANTH2129 Crossing Borders: Migration, Identity and Livelihood
ANTH2130 Violence and Terror
ANTH3017 Indigenous Worlds: Challenges of Emergence, Recognition, and Change
ASIA2001 Language in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2014 China: Language, Discourse and Political Culture
ASIA2308 Linguistic Histories in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2311 Gender and Cultural Studies in Asia and the Pacific
ASIA2516 Indonesia: Politics, Society and Development
BUSI3029 Cross-Cultural Management
GEND2035 Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective
HIST2243 Vikings, Crusades, Mongols: Shaping Medieval Europe, c. 850–1300
HUMN2001 Introduction to Digital Humanities and Public Culture - Tools, Theories and Methods
INDG1001 Country, Kinship and Continuities: An Introduction to Australian Indigenous Studies
INDG2001 Indigenous Cultural and Natural Resource Management
INDG2003 Gamilaraay - introduction to an Australian Indigenous Language
INDG2004 Continuing Gamilaraay
INDG2005 Introduction to an Australian Indigenous Language
INDG2006 Continuing Australian Indigenous Language
LANG3001 Translation across Languages: the translation of literary texts
LANG3002 Translation across Languages: specialised material
LING1002 Language and Society
LING2015 Language, Culture, Translation
LING2018 Languages in Contact
LING2027 Language and Society in Latin America
LING2106 Language and Social Interaction
LING2040 Austronesian languages
LING3031 Papuan Languages
LING3035 Semantic Typology
LING3036 Advanced Sociolinguistics
MEAS2000 Iranian History and Culture
MEAS2003 Modern Turkey: History, Politics and Culture
PASI3001 Politics and Development in the Contemporary Pacific
POLS2101 Refugee Politics: Displacement and Exclusion in the 20th and 21st Centuries
POLS3037 Globalisation: Communications, Culture and Democracy
SCOM3029 Cross Cultural Perspectives in Science Communication
SOCY2163 Identity, Difference and Racism
SPAN3031 Advanced Spanish Topics in Language and Linguistics
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