CJc408 Communication with a Foreigner

Faculty of Education
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Radim Ošmera (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marek Lollok, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Milena Šubrtová, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Czech Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will explain the basic principles of communication with the foreigner. They understand the concept of intercultural sensitivity and is prepared to improve oneself in this respect. Students understand the specifics of communication with the pupil and adult whose mother tongue is not Czech. Students acquire the basic principles of verbal (spoken and written) and non-verbal communication with a foreigner.
Syllabus
  • 1. General principles of communication with foreigners. 2. Intercultural sensitivity - theory and practice. 3. Specifics of communication with pupil whose mother tongue is not Czech. 4. Specifics of communication with an adult foreigner. 5.-6. Non-verbal communication - cultural universality and differencies(pictograms, means of paragliding, body language - mimics, gestures, proxemics, haptics, visual contact, etc.). 7.-8. Verbal communication - written (ways of addressing etc.). 9. Verbal communication - spoken; giving information and instruction. 10.-11. Problem topics and taboos in cultures. 12. Different perceptions of cultural specifics.
Literature
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Etnopedagogika. Pedagogika, roč. 52, 2002, s. 195–205. ISSN 2336-2189
  • BOČÁNKOVÁ, Milena. Intercultural communication: typical features of the Czech, British, American, Japanese, Chinese and Arab cultures. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oeconomica, 2006. 142 s. ISBN 80-245-1081-2.
  • HÁDKOVÁ, Marie – JINDRÁČEK, Václav. Princip názornosti ve výuce českého jazyka a literatury. 1. vyd. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem, 2012. 142 s. ISBN 978-80-7414-469-1.
  • HEINZOVÁ, Kristina. Intercultural communication. 1. vyd. Opava: Slezská univerzita v Opavě, Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné, 2001. 71 s. ISBN 80-7248-120-7.
  • KUROWSKI, Martina. Žák-uprchlík v českém systému vzdělávání: případová studie (The refugee pipul in the Czech educational system: a case study). Sociální pedagogika. Časopis pro vědu a praxi. Zlín: Univerzita Tomáše bati, Zlín, vol. 1, No 1, p. 48-63. ISSN 1805-8825. 2013. URL info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Multikulturní výchova : příručka (nejen) pro učitele. 2., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Triton. 167 s. ISBN 9788073875022. 2011. info
  • KROPÁČOVÁ, Jitka. Výuka žáka s odlišným mateřským jazykem z hlediska přípravy učitele. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 116 s, 2008. info
  • KROPÁČOVÁ, Jitka. Výuka žáka s odlišným mateřským jazykem z hlediska přípravy učitele. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 116 s, 2008. info
  • PRŮCHA, Jan. Interkulturní psychologie. 2., rozš. vyd. Praha: Portál. 220 s. ISBN 9788073672805. 2007. info
  • JANÍK, Zdeněk. Interkulturní výcvik a etnopedagogika v praxi: projekt "Argonauts of Europe" (Intercultural training and Ethnopedagogy in practice: project "Argonauts of Europe"). Komenský, odborný časopis pro učitele základní školy. Brno: Pedagogická fak Masarykovy univerzity, vol. 129, No 1, p. 34 - 38. ISSN 0323-0449. 2004. info
Teaching methods
Lesson type: seminar. A seminar, active students work , discussion about the specialized issues of the subject. Class discussion, presentations projects.
Assessment methods
Seminar work consisting of two parts: 1) a short discussion of one of the selected sub-areas of communication with a foreigner, and 2) an analysis of the model communication situation. Scope of seminar work - 5 pages at minimum; requirements will be specified at the first lesson.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 7 hodin.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
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