ILT324 İntercultural Communication

6 ECTS - 2-2 Duration (T+A)- 6. Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code ILT324
Name İntercultural Communication
Semester 6. Semester
Duration (T+A) 2-2 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 6 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
Catalog Information Coordinator Prof. Dr. İLKER ÖZDEMİR


Course Goal

Gaining conscioness about the importance of culture, communication and intercultural communication, Acquiring awareness about cultural differences by increasing theoretical knowledge.To enable students to discuss how to analyze the situation of intercultural communication and to acquire the knowledge in this regard and to gain skills to acquire communicative competence.

Course Content

The concepts of culture, communication and intercultural communication. The problems which interested by intercultural communication. Intercultural communication approaches. Cultural differences and the importance of cultural differences in communication. Attidutes and behaviours which obstructes to intercultural communication. Development of intercultural communication competence.

Course Precondition

None

Resources

Kültürlerarası İletişim, İlker Özdemir, Editör: Engin Sarı, Ankara Üniversitesi, Uzaktan Eğitim Yayınları, 2011 Farklılıklarla Yaşamak: Kültürlerarası İletişim, Asker Kartarı, Ürün Yayınları, 2001

Notes

Kültürlerası İletişim, Editör: İlker Özdemir ve Sefer Yetkin Işık, Siyasal Kitabevi Yayınları, 2022


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 Explains the basic concepts of the field of intercultural communication within the framework of cultural and communicative studies.
LO02 Recognizes the basic concepts, theories and principles about intercultural communication problems .
LO03 Updates his/her knowledge about intercultural communication by following the studies on this field.
LO04 Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems from interpersonel, inter groups and intercultural communication problems.
LO05 Develops a sense of responsibility to the humanity, develops intercultural projects for the benefit of the humanity.
LO06 Develops understanding of the links between human rights with intercultural communication problems.
LO07 Raises consciouness which features are necessary for intercultural competence by acquiring knowledge of attitudes and behaviors that impede intercultural communication with causes and consequences of this attidutes and behaviors.
LO08 Approaches to the concept of communication with an over-cultural (anthropological) and intercultural perspective. Can synthesize the knowledge from psychology, sociology, social psychology, and cultural anthropology with intercultural communication with the communication sciences,
LO09 As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself upin intercultural enviroments, facing the people with correct understanding in environments, and emptahizes strangers.
LO10 Has basic skills for gaining intercultural competence and use these skills on intercultural enviroments.
LO11 Can make deepest analyzes by using intercultural knowledge on cultural studies in communication.
LO12 Organizes Intercultural activities or actively participate this kind of activities , and and also reports observations related these activities and sharing his/her observations with others
LO13 Follows the local, national and international events and comments them with an intercultural perspective.
LO14 Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural, artistic and political fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning by an over-cultural and intercultural perspective.


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Explains the basic concepts of the field, communication patterns, communication and cultural functions within the framework of communication as the basis of Communication Studies. 5
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Recognizes the national and global communication systems, the basic concepts, theories and principles. 4
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Holds information related to the fields as a basis; Instrumental Social Communications (Radio, TV, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Journalism) within a terminological frame (=teleological) (Public Sphere, Public Opinion, Cultural Production Areas, Citizen Participation, Popular Culture, etc.). 2
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Has the knowledge and skills to use and/or explain how communication works in every aspect in different cultures, from individual to group, mass, institutional communication within the major tools of communication. 4
PLO05 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Distinguishes non-scientific knowledge from the scientific method, and follows technological innovations in the field with the updated work. 3
PLO06 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı From an interdisciplinary perspective, acknowledged the concept of communication to synthesize information that Communication Studies has background from different areas like, Sociology, History, Psychology, Linguistics, Political Sciences, Anthropology and so on. 5
PLO07 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Produces thoughts and knowledge to understand and solve communication problems encountered in size of individual to global communications. 5
PLO08 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı As a requirement of competence to communicate effectively, has the ability to express himself/herself up, facing the people with correct understanding in environments in which he/she is capable of empathy sets. 4
PLO09 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Organizes and/or actively participates in the social, artistic and cultural activities, reports events. 4
PLO10 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Follows the local, national and international events with critical comments. 5
PLO11 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Is able to work in the group as well as having the competence of the individual work 2
PLO12 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Develops a sense of responsibility towards the society, as individuals, develops projects for the benefit of the community, leadership and entrepreneurial skills of intellectual exhibitions. 3
PLO13 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Improves constantly himself/herself, as well as being open to professional developments in scientific, social, cultural and artistic fields according to his/her interests and abilities, identifying needs of learning 3
PLO14 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği Has rational thinking skills, creative thinking in written, oral, visual and so on, as well as using the methods and strategies, for the purpose of communicating thoughts. 3
PLO15 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has at least one foreign language in the European Language Portfolio (B) with the level of using the information in track and communicate with colleagues abroad.
PLO16 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik While accessing all kinds of information, using and transmitting of all other thoughts on the process and in all other practices of the profession strives to comply with ethical requirements and endeavors. 4
PLO17 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Has basic skills and use these skills for mediating to the general population methods in the specific praxis areas, such as media literacy, 3
PLO18 Yetkinlikler - İletişim ve Sosyal Yetkinlik Is competent to use required level of knowledge of the area and use of computer software as well as all means of communication (body language, verbal and nonverbal communication, newspapers, magazines, radio, television, cinema, internet and other information / communication technologies, and mass media)
PLO19 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Identifies learning needs and future career plan and perform accordingly.
PLO20 Yetkinlikler - Alana Özgü Yetkinlik Has the knowledge of the legal framework related to the field. 3


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 The concept of culture and communication Presentation Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma
2 The relationship between the concept of culture and communication Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap
3 The concept of intercultural communication Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Gösteri
4 The development of intercultural communication thought Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Gösteri
5 Intercultural communication theories 1 (Mainstream Approaches) Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Rol Oynama
6 Intercultural communication theories 2 (Critical Approaches) Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
7 Cultural Differences and the effects of cultural differences to communication Reading and Discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
8 Mid-Term Exam Reading, research and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama
9 New approaches on cultural differences owerall files Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
10 Attidutes to the barrier to intercultural communication 1: Prejudices and stereotypes Reading, research and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma, Alıştırma ve Uygulama, Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
11 Attidutes to the barrier to intercultural communication 1: Etnocentrsim, racism and fanatizm. Reading, research and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
12 Human rights thought and intercultural communication Reading, research and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
13 Intercultural competence 1 Reading, research and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
14 Intercultural competence 2 Reading, research and discussion Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım, Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
15 Overall evaluation owerall files Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Soru-Cevap, Tartışma
16 Term Exams owerall files Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav, Ödev
17 Term Exams owerall files Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 4 56
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 4 56
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 2 2
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 12 12
Final Exam 1 28 28
Total Workload (Hour) 154
Total Workload / 25 (h) 6,16
ECTS 6 ECTS