TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

DIVISION OF LINGUISTICS, CULTURE & LITERATURE

INTRODUCTION
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Code: 001174

Designed by Vu Cong Danh

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 CONTENTS
• General information
• Course objectives (COs)
• Course learning outcomes (CLOs)
• Brief course content
• Student’s tasks
• Course materials
• Description of evaluation
• Schedule
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 GENERAL INFORMATION
Credits 2(2,0)

Time allocation 30 periods Self-Study 60 hours

Prerequisite No Prerequisite No
Code

Prior-Completion Listening 3 (7220201), Listening 3 (7220204A), Speaking 3 (7220201), Speaking

3 (7220204A), Reading 3 (7220201), Reading 3 (7220204A)

Co-requisite No

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 COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the course, students should be able to:

- Understand the terms and fundamental concepts used
in the study of cultural and intercultural communication.
- Enhance the intercultural competence in communicating
with people from different cultural heritages; solve
cultural conflicts, avoid discrimination and prejudice in
intercultural communication; and thus communicate
successfully in different cultures.

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 COURSE OBJECTIVES

On completion of the course, students should be able to:

- Compare and contrast behaviors, values, religions, beliefs
among various cultures.
- Understand values and differences of other cultures; thus have
proper behaviors and attitudes towards different cultures.
Besides, this course helps students overcome cultural barriers;
communicative successfully and effectively in different cultural
contexts; and more importantly feel desired to do further
researches on languages and cultures in the world.

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 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Remember: Students are able to define the terms and

concepts used in intercultural communication.
• Understand: Students are able to understand concepts
and issues relating to intercultural communication.
• Apply: At the end of the course, students are able to
communicate more effectively in intercultural
communication.

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 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Analyze: Students are able to identify the similarities

and differences in the nature of cultures.
• Evaluate: Students are able to evaluate the
appropriateness of behaviors in the process of
intercultural communication.

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 BRIEF COURSE CONTENT

• This course consists of 8 chapters, presented in 3 main

parts, providing students with fundamental concepts of
intercultural communication. The course commences by
presenting basic notions of communication and
intercultural communication (chapters 1, 2, & 3), and
then proceeds to analyze the differences of various
cultures (chapters 4, 5, & 6). The course concludes with
a discussion of verbal and non-verbal communication
(chapters 7 & 8).

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 STUDENT’S TASKS

Students are required to:

• attend at least 80% of all class meetings

• have good behavior in studying
• participate actively in class activities and discussions
• have read in advance the required materials before
every class meeting.
• complete all assignments on time.

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 COURSE MATERIALS

Required text:
[1] Intercultural Competence:
Interpersonal Communication
across Cultures by Lustig, M. L.,
Koester, J., (6th edition, 2010)

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 COURSE MATERIALS

Recommended texts:
[2] Intercultural Communication in
Contexts, by Martin, J. N.,
Nakayama, T. K. (5th ed., 2010)

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 COURSE MATERIALS

Recommended texts:
[3] Intercultural Communication, by
Rogers, E. M., Steinfatt, T. M.,
(1999)

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 COURSE MATERIALS

Other useful texts:

[4] The handbook of Intercultural
Discourse and Communication by
Paulston, C. B., Kiesling, S. F.,
Rangel, E. S. (2012)

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 COURSE MATERIALS

Other useful texts:

[5] The Routledge Handbook of
Language and Intercultural
Communication by Jackson, J.,
(2012)

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 DESCRIPTION OF EVALUATION
Process evaluation 1: 10%
Paper test
Process evaluation 2: 20%
Attendance checking
Class contribution
Presentation
Mid-term test: 20%
Mid-term paper test
Final examination: 50%
Final paper test
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 SCHEDULE

WEEK CONTENTS
1 Chapter 1: Introduction to Intercultural Competence
2 Chapter 2: Culture and Intercultural Communication
3 Chapter 3: Intercultural Communication Competence
4 Chapter 4: Cultural Patterns and Communication: Foundations
5 Chapter 5: Cultural Patterns and Communication: Taxonomies
6 Chapter 6: Cultural Identity and Cultural Biases

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 COURSE SYLLABUS

WEEK CONTENTS
7 Chapter 7: Verbal Intercultural Communication
8 Chapter 7 (cont.)
9 Chapter 8: Nonverbal Intercultural Communication
10 Chapter 8 (cont.)
Revision

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