Intercultural Communication (FutureLearn)

On this course you’ll learn how to understand the nuances of cross-cultural interaction, understanding your own and others’ cultural identities. You’ll learn different communication styles, and how values can change from country to country.

Syllabus

Week 1: Comprehending intercultural communication

Week 2: Contextualizing cultural identities

Week 3: Comparing cultural communication styles

Week 4: Clarifying and contrasting values

Week 5: Cultivating intercultural adaptation

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Identify the importance of learning intercultural communication

- Describe the composition and significance of your cultural identities

- Compare cultural assumptions of your own and others

- Identify cultural variations in communication styles

- Classify some major cultural values underlying different behaviors

- Apply these for adaptation in intercultural interactions more confidently and resourcefully

Who is the course for?

This course is suitable for pre-university, undergraduate and post-experience students. You will need conversational English or above, an interest in international issues, and curiosity about, exposure to or experience of other cultures.