The Role of Language in Intercultural Communication
Are you interested in intercultural communication? In this course, you get to reflect upon and process your own experiences of cross-linguistic communication together with students from other Nordic universities.
During the course, you will learn more about intercultural communication, in particular its linguistic aspects. Other important themes are, for example, communicative norms and communicative biases.
This is a distance learning course offered in collaboration between the University of Helsinki, the University of Iceland, the University of Copenhagen and Stockholm University.
The language of instruction is English.
Teaching Format
Instruction is online and given in the form of seminars and mandatory activities.
Assessment
See the syllabus.
Assessment criteria
Please note that assessment criteria may be updated until the start of the course.
Examiner
The pdf is in Swedish, but you can search the course by the course code.
Examinatorer vid Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet
The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course.
We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course,
your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.
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