CROSS-

CULTURAL
COMMUNICATION
TRẦN THỊ THU HÀ
Thinhgiang_20719@gmail.com
 45 PERIODS

• 15 weeks
• 1 day / week
• 3 periods/ day
COURSEBOOK
1. Cross-cultural terms and principle
2. Verbal communication: The way people
speak
3. Non-verbal communication: Speaking
without words
4. Cross-cultural contact with Americans
5. Education: Values and Expectations
6. Work: Practice and Attitude
REFERENCE BOOKS
 ASSESSMENTS
Maximum
Main categories Components Detailed weight Total weight
point
Participation 10.0 10%
Progress 40%
Midterm test 10.0 30%
Multiple choice
Final test 10.0 60% 60%
Written
 MIDTERM TEST
1. Presentation: 15%
– Groupwork
– Time limit:
• Main presentation: 30 minutes
• Extra activities (to preview or review): 20 minutes
• Q&A part (from teacher & classmates): 30 minutes
2. Paper test: 15%
– Multiple choice
– True/ false
– Matching
– Sentence completion
 Q&A - AUDIENCE NOTES
• Each group has to give feedbacks or comments on classmates’
presentation.
 PRESENTATION
WEEK 2
1. Introduction: Cross-
Introduction: Cross-cultural terms and
cultural terms and
principles
principles
 PRESENTATION
WEEK 3
Part 1 2. Verbal communication:
- Conversational involvement
The way people speak
- Incorrect judgments of character
- Directness and indirectness
- American male-female differences in
directness
WEEK 4
Part 2
- Cross-cultural implications
- Conversation structures
- Ethnocentric judgment
 PRESENTATION
WEEK 5 3. Non-verbal
Part 1 Communication :
- Cultural differences in nonverbal
communication Speaking Without Words
- Gestures and body positioning
WEEK 6
Part 2
- Facial expressiveness
- Eye contact
- Conversational distance
WEEK 7: MIDTERM
WEEK 8 PRESENTATION
Part 1
- The term “American”
- A description of Americans: Is it possible?
4. Cross-cultural contact
-“Melting pot” and “mosaic” with Americans
WEEK 9
Part 2
- Stereotypes and generalizations
- Mainstream American Values
- A foreign anthropologist’ s observation of
Americans
WEEK 10
Part 3
- Individualism and privacy
- Equality and egalitarianism
- Future orientation
WEEK 11
PRESENTATION
Part 1
- Diversity in higher education 5. Education: Values and
- Active participation Expectations
- The teacher-student relationship
- Trust, honesty, and the honor system
WEEK 12
Part 2
- Competition and grading
- Student stress and coping
- International and immigrant students in the
United States
WEEK 13
PRESENTATION
Part 1
- Cross-cultural implications of the job search 6. Work: Practice and
- Steps to finding a job Attitude
- Employer – employee relationships
- On-the-job communication skills
WEEK 14
Part 2
- Time considerations in the work’ s world
- Workaholic
- The “work ethnic” and materialism
- Reactions to work
 RUBRIC FOR
PRESENTATION
1. Product (4 points) – Group grade a. Vocabulary

a. Design 1. Content delivery (2 points) –

b. Structure & information Individual grade
c. Collaboration a. Body language & interaction

2. Language (4 points) – Individual b. Pronunciation & Fluency

grade
a. Grammar