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LING250 Cross-cultural Communication

Updated: 14 November 2008
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 12 cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions LING110 or LING150
Notes None
Combined Units LING150 - Cross-cultural Communication
Coordinator(s) Cliff Goddard (cgoddard@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit is about communication between people of differing cultural backgrounds. It covers principles of cross-cultural communication, how problems can arise, and what can be done to overcome them. Case studies are drawn from Australia and the US, Asia, and Europe. You do not need to know any other language to do this unit.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

LING150/250 Resource Materials
ISBN: AR429
School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional
Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Cross-Cultural Pragmatics
ISBN: 9783110177695
Wierzbicka, A., De Gruyter 2nd ed. 2003
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Translating Lives
ISBN: 9780702236037
Besemeres, M. and Wierzbicka, A. (eds), University of Queensland Press 2007
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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