Research Seminar "Linguistic and Cultural Foundations of Intercultural Communication"

2018/2019

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

2

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Школа иностранных языков

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 4 модуль

Преподаватель

Вишнякова Ольга Дмитриевна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course concerns principles and methods of linguoculturological approach to the theory and practice of intercultural communication based on the most important issues of the approach in question, taking into consideration the phenomenon of close interaction of language and culture, with special attention to the role of language in the process of cultural concepts representation, including the problem of the World view formation. Through lectures, practical assignments, classroom discussions and engaged methodology students will explore the theoretical issues that will provide them with basic knowledge on Linguoculturology in terms of its role in Intercultural communication.

Learning Objectives

• to give the students a grounding of basic linguoculturological theories, methodology and scientific approaches Intercultural communication through the prism of linguoculturology;
• to teach the students to analize linguocultural phenomena, significant for intercultural communication in terms of its basic theoretical and practical issues concerning with effective and successful solutions of communication problems on the basis of linguoculturological studies;
• to train the students for skill based intercultural communication, taking into consideration basic linguculturological issues.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• use linguoculturological approach in the course of intercultural communication
• identify the major perspectives in the field of intercultural communication on the basis of linguculturological studies
• identify the specificity of cultural context and its linguistic peculiarities
• debate the linguocultural issues of intercultural communication and the process of world view formation in practice
• critically assess intercultural communication practices in terms of linguculturological approach
• to define all aspects of Intercultural Communication

Course Contents

• Linguoculturology as a Science and Academic Discipline
  The Subject of Linguoculturology, Methods and Methodology. Basic Linguoculturological Categories and Notions (culture, language, cultural semes, cultural background, cultural space, cultural context, cultural traditions, cultural heritage, cultural process, cultural connotation, linguocultureme, linguistic cultural community, mentality, linguocultural paradigm, cultural basics, cultural values, cultural concepts, linguistic and cultural universals, linguistic and conceptual world of view).The Interdisciplinary Fields of Linguoculturology (anthropology, cultural antropology, cultural studies, linguistics, cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, ethnolinguistics, ethnopsycholinguistics, area studies).
• Linguoculturology as the Basics of Intercultural Communication
  Basic Linguoculturalogical Approaches (diachronic, comparative, lexicographic, conceptological and linguoconceptological, semiotic and linguosemiotic) in terms of Intercultural Communication Studies.
• Language and Culture Interrelations in Terms of Linguoculturological Studies and Intercultural Communication
  Wilhelm von Humboldt and His Linguistic and Cultural Philosophical Views. Humboldt as the Originator of the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis. Anthropological Linguistics as “the First Paradigm” (grammatical description, typological classification, linguistic relativity). The Hypothesis of Linguistic Relativity by Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf. Linguistic Anthropology as “the Second Paradigm” (“speech event” as the basic unit of analysis, use of new technologies); Ethnography of Communication by Dell Hymes. “The Third Paradigm”: Anthropological issues studied via linguistic methods and data (investigations of personal and social identities, shared ideologies, construction of narrative interactions among individuals, use of video documentation). Language and Culture Interrelations in Terms of Cross-Cultural and Intercultural Communication.
• Linguoculturology and Linguocultural Conceptology. Cognitive Studies and Intercultural Communication
  Concepts and Notions. Cultural concepts. Cultural values. Linguistic, Cultural and Conceptual World View. Cultural and Linguistic Universals. The Concept of Semantic Primes by Anna Wierzbicka. Intercultural Communication and the Notion of Translatability. Translatability and Translation.
• Linguistic and Socio-Cultural Adaptation
  Adaptation as a Cultural, Psychological and Linguistic Problem. Types of Adaptation. Stereotypes as The Cultural Space Phenomena. Ethnic and Cultural Stereotypes. Stereotypes in Terms of Images and Situations. Political Correctness. Integration. Multiculturalism and the Areas of Its Distribution in the Society (Culture, Politics, Religion, Education, the Media). Language in a Multicultural Society. The Role of Education in Adaptation Process. Education and Intercultural Communication. Sociolinguistics and Educational Linguistics (B. Spolsky) in Terms of Intercultural Communication.
• Linguoculturological and Semiotic Aspects of Intercultural Communication
  Semiotic Conceptology as Part of Intercultural Communication Studies. Signs as Representatives of Culture. Types of Signs. Symbols and Images. Linguistic Semiotics and Linguosemiotic Conceptology in Terms of Intercultural Communication. General and Linguistic Semiotic Issues as Part of Intercultural Communication Process.

Assessment Elements

• Presentation
• Exam
  Экзамен проводится в устной форме (опрос по материалам курса). Экзамен проводится на платформе https://teams.microsoft.com/ или https://us04web.zoom.us/ или https://join.skype.com/. К экзамену необходимо подключиться согласно расписанию ответов, высланному преподавателем на корпоративные почты студентов накануне экзамена. Компьютер студента должен удовлетворять требованиям: наличие рабочей камеры и микрофона, поддержка Ms Teams/ Zoom/ Skype. Для участия в экзамене студент обязан: поставить на аватар свою фотографию, явиться на экзамен согласно точному расписанию, при ответе включить камеру и микрофон. Во время экзамена студентам запрещено: выключать камеру, пользоваться конспектами и подсказками. Кратковременным нарушением связи во время экзамена считается нарушение связи менее минуты. Долговременным нарушением связи во время экзамена считается нарушение минута и более. При долговременном нарушении связи студент не может продолжить участие в экзамене. Процедура пересдачи подразумевает использование усложненных заданий.

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (4 module)
  0.4 * Exam + 0.6 * Presentation

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Alistair Brisbourne. (2013). Intercultural Communication: A New Approach to International Relations and Global Challenges by Houman A. Sadri and Madelyn Flammia . London : Continuum , 2011 . 317pp., £22.99, ISBN 9781441103093. Political Studies Review, (1), 101. https://doi.org/10.1111/10.1111/psr.2013.11.issue-1
• Ferri, G. (2018). Intercultural Communication : Critical Approaches and Future Challenges. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1709221
• Holliday, A., Hyde, M., & Kullman, J. (2017). Intercultural Communication : An Advanced Resource Book for Students (Vol. Third edition). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1424446

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Patel, F., Sooknanan, P., & Li, M. (2011). Intercultural Communication : Building a Global Community. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=385324
• Scollon, R., Jones, R. H., & Scollon, S. W. (2011). Intercultural Communication : A Discourse Approach (Vol. 3rd ed). Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=471145
• The Routledge handbook of language and intercultural communication / edited by Jane Jackson. (2012). London [u.a.]: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.353993638
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• Евсюкова, Т. В. Лингвокультурология [Электронныйресурс]:учебник/ Т. В. Евсюкова, Е. Ю. Бутенко. — 4-е изд., стер. — Москва : ФЛИНТА, 2016 -480 с. – ISBN 978-5-9765-1823-0. – Режим доступа: https://new.znanium.com/catalog/product/1047929
• Маслова В. А. ; Отв. ред. Бахтикиреева У. М. - ЛИНГВОКУЛЬТУРОЛОГИЯ. ВВЕДЕНИЕ 2-е изд., пер. и доп. Учебное пособие для бакалавриата и магистратуры - М.:Издательство Юрайт - 2019 - 208с. - ISBN: 978-5-534-06586-2 - Текст электронный // ЭБС ЮРАЙТ - URL: https://urait.ru/book/lingvokulturologiya-vvedenie-441440