SPOC学校专有课程
跨文化交际
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课程概述

Course Description
    This course is designed to help students strengthen intercultural communication awareness and skills. Reading materials include a reader from an MIT senior seminar course and authentic research publications on intercultural communication and intercultural competences.

    There will be two major group projects: 1) working in small groups to research on a "cultural other" and then create video lessons to present your findings; 2) working in regular groups to teach a lesson on a research article about intercultural communication.

    Individual-based assignments will be more challenging than before, including a "summary and response" paper (750 w), a research paper (conference paper about 12 pages), and an annotated bibliography on the research topic of personal choices.

    Generally speaking, this semester will help students learn: 1) how to read faster and understand better research articles; 2) how to plan a research and prepare an annotated bibliography, and 3) how to write summaries, reviews, and extended research papers. Class discussions and online peer workshops are purported to stimulate your critical thinking and help your revise the argumentative research paper.

    The SPOC session aims to promote the e-learning environment. It will provide courseware for your preview and review, discuss and peer evaluation. It is an indispensable part from off-line activities. Therefore, students' individual participations will count as 10% of the semester grade. 


Major Assignments and Evaluation


Assignments

%

Due Date

 

 

Participation in class

5

 

 

 

SPOC submitted reading journals (6   entries each >500   w) on research articles in Samovar, et al., Intercultural   Communication

10

(9/21, 10/19,   11/23)

 

Essays

Research paper topic proposal   (optional)

 

Sept. 28

Summary and response paper  (750 w)

10

Oct.. 12

 

Annotated bibliography (8-10 sources   published since   2005)

10

Nov. 2; 16

 

Research paper (1,500 w)

15

Dec. 15

 

Research project “The Cultural   Other”

5

Sept. 14; Oct. 26

 

Team Teaching (lesson plan; ppt   and supporting   materials Dec. 15)

5

11/30;   12/7; 14; 21

 

Final Exam: In-Class Close-Book   Writing about ICComm

5

Dec.   21

 

Speaking   & Listening

25

TBA

 

Grade Final Exam

10

TBA

 

              Total

100

 

 


成绩要求

Grading Scheme

Excellent

Good

Satisfactory

Poor

Minimal   Pass

Failure  

A = 90-100

B+ = 85-89

C+ = 75-79

D+ = 65-69

D = 60-64

F = 59 or less

 

B =80-84

C = 70-74

 

 

 

 

  1. I will grade and return your submitted assignments within two weeks. 

  2. Your final grade will be based on your work in the course. If you are concerned about a grade, come to see me by appointment.  

  3. You are responsible for all assignments in this course and must complete ALL required work to receive a passing grade.

  4. NO more than 15 % of one paper is allowed to be written by or quoted from others.


课程大纲
预备知识

One-year study of "College English Integrated Course"

参考资料

Required Textbooks

  1. Li, H. (2016). College English Writing. Beijing: Higher Education Press. 

  2. Samovar, L. A., R. E. Porter, and E. R. McDaniel. (2015). Intercultural Communication: A Reader. 12th ed. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.  

  3.  Xu, L. (2013). Intercultural communication in English. Revised ed. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education.

  4. Supplementary matericals (including newspaper articles, fiction, films, songs…)



    References

  • Brown, H. D. (2013). Tips for teaching culture: Practical approaches to intercultural communication. Beijing: Tsinghua Univ. Press.

  • Davis, L. (2010; 2001). Doing culture: Cross-cultural communication in action. Beijing: Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

  • Kim, Y. Y. (2014). Becoming intercultural: An integrative theory of communication and cross-cultural adaptation. Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press. 

  • Martin, J. N. and T. K. Nakayama. (2009). Intercultural communication in contexts. 4th ed. Beijing: Beijing Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

  • Mo, A. and Mo, F. (Eds.) (2016). Intercultural Communication: Theory and Practice. Beijing UP. 

  • Samovar, L. A., R. E. Porter, & E. R. McDaniel. (2010; 2007).  Communication between cultures. 7th ed. Printed in Canada. Wadsworth Cengage Learning.