Explore the essentials of intercultural communication, including cultural themes, frameworks, and personal insights, to navigate a diverse world effectively.
This course dives into the world of intercultural communication, covering essential themes and offering practical insights. You'll explore important frameworks and engage with real experiences, sparking conversations about living in our vibrant, diverse world.
A brief introduction to the theory, research and practice of intercultural communication
This course will introduce you to general themes, issues and perspectives associated with the study of intercultural communication. In exploring these issues, the presenters provide a brief introduction to the topic, a basic examination of important themes of culture and communication, two frameworks for viewing culture and examples from the presenters' research and life experience. We hope this project serves as a catalyst for thought and discussion regarding the challenges and opportunities associated with living in a diverse world.
By the end of this course, you should be able to explain the importance of studying intercultural communication.
By the end of this course, you should be able to Identify the basic building block of culture and note examples of each.
By the end of this course, you should be able to apply Hofstede's Cultural Taxonomies and Kluckhohn & Strodtbeck's Cultural Patterns in exploring how culture can be viewed and understood.
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Philip A. Thompsen, Ph.D. holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Thompsen is a scholar of media and communication technology. His scholarship has been published in a variety of formats, including book chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings, convention papers, panel presentations and various online resources. Scholarly journals that have...
Dr. Bessie Lee Lawton received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication. She received her BA and MA in Communication from the University of the Philippines. She is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests are intercultural communication, identity issues, communication and power, and basic course...
Anita Foeman received her PhD from Temple University in 1982 with a focus on organizational communication. She has been a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at West Chester University since that time. Her work examines diversity in organizations, in public speaking, and in interpersonal communication as well as identity issues for multiracial people and families. Her co-authored work...
This was good.
Good course, seems a bit outdated for 2024 though.
I think the training was really interesting and user friendly.
I am working as an intercultural trainer in Europe , so it was very relevant. There is always something more to learn that is why intercultural competence and awareness is such an exciting topic.
yes it is helpful for understand to different culture, nature, meaning for grooming or way of thinking
Joining new organization hence going in different work culture and will meet different people from different backgrounds. This course will help me
It was an amazing experience, we saw many cultures in India. This course will introduce you to the common themes, issues and perspectives associated with the study of intercultural communication.
I must confess, I enjoyed the first modules of this course I have watched and taken.
You people are doing a great Job
The course was very comprehensive and easy to understand. The instructors made sure that they are giving the information in a way that won't make me confused. Thank you so much for this great course!
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Krysan W.
It is still early in the course so I do not have enough information yet.