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Course
Description
In this course, we will
look at specific cases of writing for an international audience in
a variety of contexts (business, education, government) and will address
specific strategies for increasing the effectiveness of written documents
that span multiple cultures. The course will use a case studies format
to explore principles for effectively communicating in English across
different cultures. Topics will include document design for international
audiences, applying rhetorically sensitive strategies, issues of translation
and contrastive rhetoric. Students will be able to study a specific
type of written communication in a specific region or regions of the
world according to their interests and needs.
Textbooks
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Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran (2003)
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Lillian Chaney and Jeanette Martin, Intercultural
Business Communication, 3rd ed. (2003)
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Deborah S. Bosley, Global Contexts: Case studies
in international technical communication (2001)
See below
for a list of additional recommended books on intercultural communication.
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between Intercultural Communication and International Communication |
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Intercultural
communication:
- Communication between
people of different culture, subculture, or subgroup identifications
(Jandt 502)
- Business communication
is intercultural communication. (Beamer xiii)
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International
communication:
- The study of the
flow of mediated communication between and among countries;
the study of comparative mass communication systems; the study
of communication between national governments (Jandt 502)
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Sources:
- Beamer, Linda, and
Iris Varner. Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace.
McGraw-Hill, 2/e, 2001.
- Fred
E. Jandt, Intercultural
Communication: An Introduction
(Sage Publications, 3/e, 2000)
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Culture Connections
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| According to the Bureau
of the Census, The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2001: If
the world was a village of 1000 people, in the village would be |
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607 Asians
132 Africans
120 Europeans
79 North Americans
57 South Americans
5 Australians/Oceanians
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Of religious people,
there would be:
330 Christians (175
Catholics, 56 Protestants, 99 Others)
193 Muslims
134 Hindus
64 Chinese
Folk Religionists
59 Buddhists
67 Other
Religions
153 Atheists or Nonreligious
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| Source: Lustig, Myron
W., and Jolene Koester. Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal
Communication across Cultures. Allyn & Bacon, 4/e, 2003.
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Recommended
books
- Anokwa, Kwadwo, Carolyn
A. Lin, and Michael B. Salwen, eds. International Communication:
Concepts and Cases. Wadsworth, 4/e2003
- Beamer, Linda, and Iris
Varner. Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace.
McGraw-Hill, 2/e, 2001
- Connor, Ulla.
Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Second-Language Writing.
Cambridge UP, 1999
- Lustig, Myron W., and
Jolene Koester. Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication
across Cultures. Allyn & Bacon, 4/e, 2003
- McPhail, Thomas L.
Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends.
Allyn & Bacon, 2002
- Samovar, Larry, A., and
R. E. Porter, eds. Intercultural Communication: A Reader.
Wadsworth, 8/e, 1997
- Tataki,
Ronald, ed. A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural
America. Little, Brown, 1993
Recommended eBooks, available
at NetLibrary.com
- Peterson, Brooks: Cultural
Intelligence: A Guide to Working with People from Other Cultures
(2004)
- Cornes, Alan: Culture
from the Inside Out: Travel and Meet Yourself (2004)
- Storti, Craig. Americans
at Work: A Guide to the Can-Do People (2004)
- Crouch, Ned: Mexicans
& Americans: Cracking the Cultural Code (2004)
- Althen, Gary, Amanda R.
Doran, and Susan J. Szmania: American Ways: A Guide for Foreigners
in the United States (2003)
- Sriramesh, Krishnamurthy,
and Dejan Vercic: The Global Public Relations Handbook: Theory,
Research, and Practice (2003)
- Kennedy, Paul T., and
Victor Roudometof: Communities Across Borders: New Immigrants and
Transnational Cultures (2003)
- Storti, Craig: Old World,
New World: Bridging Cultural Differences: Britain, France, Germany,
and the U.S. (2001)
- Sabath, Ann Marie: International
Business Etiquette. Latin America: What You Need to Know to Conduct
Business Abroad with Charm and Savvy (2000)
- Wang, Mary M.: Turning
Bricks into Jade: Critical Incidents for Mutual Understanding Among
Chinese and Americans (2000)
- Holledge, Julie, and Joanne
Tompkins: Women's Intercultural Performance (2000)
- Pollock, David C., and
Ruth E. Van Reken: The Third Culture Kid Experience: Growing Up
Among Worlds (1999)
- Venuti, Lawrence: The
Scandals of Translation: Towards an Ethics of Difference (1998)
- Eco, Umberto: Serendipities:
Language & Lunacy (1998)
- Worm, Verner: Vikings
and Mandarins: Sino-Scandinavian Business Cooperation in Cross-Cultural
Settings (1997)
- Dallmayr, Fred R.: Beyond
Orientalism: Essays on Cross-cultural Encounter (1996)
- Goldman, Alan: Doing
Business with the Japanese: A Guide to Successful Communication, Management,
and Diplomacy (1994)
- Szasz, Margaret: Between
Indian and White Worlds: The Cultural Broker (1994)
- Kim, Young Yun: Communication
and Cross-Cultural Adaptation: An Integrative Theory (1988)
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