Foreign Language Learning for Intercultural Competence

ICOM60022 Foreign Language Learning for Intercultural Competence 15 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 7 Leonie Gaiser Unit coordinator Modern Languages and Cultures ULC General 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 7.5 <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW142167352 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW142167352 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;border-left:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);border-top:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:2px 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:1.33333px 8px 1.33333px 5.33333px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" data-ccp-border-bottom="0.6666666666666666px solid #000000" data-ccp-padding-bottom="1.3333333333333333px" paraid="402780200" paraeid="{d43f03ca-ccb3-4c77-97b2-922470403181}{53}"><span class="TextRun SCXW142167352 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">This course involves the enhancement of an existing LEAP foreign language course with a focus on intercultural (communicative) competence in general and as explored through critical reflection on the foreign language experiences involved in the LEAP course. Thus, this course involves foreign language study (see LEAP course outlines for more details) plus supervised study of ICC and autonomous and systematic critical reflection on the foreign language learning experience. <span class="EOP SCXW142167352 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-ccp-props="{"335572071":4,"335572072":1,"335572073":4278190080,"335572075":4,"335572076":6,"335572077":4278190080,"335572079":4,"335572080":1,"335572081":4278190080,"335572083":4,"335572084":4,"335572085":4278190080,"469789798":"single","469789802":"single","469789806":"single","469789810":"single"}"> </div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW142167352 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spaci This course involves the enhancement of an existing LEAP foreign language course with a focus on intercultural (communicative) competence in general and as explored through critical reflection on the foreign language experiences involved in the LEAP course. Thus, this course involves foreign language study (see LEAP course outlines for more details) plus supervised study of ICC and autonomous and systematic critical reflection on the foreign language learning experience.  The information provided below relates to the enhancement element (ICOM60022) and therefore should be read in conjunction with the course outline for the particular LEAP course being studied.  This course unit aims to: <ul> <li>encourage students by means of a systematically maintained language learning diary, or the use of the Autobiography of Intercultural Encounters (AIE), to reflect on their LEAP-based foreign language experiences; </li> <li>help students develop a good understanding of intercultural (communicative) competence as related to foreign language study; </li> <li>encourage students to explore the links between the ICC theories and their experience of LEAP-based foreign language study. </li></ul> In addition to the learning outcomes specified for the relevant LEAP course, students should be able to:<ul> <li>discuss different models of intercultural (communicative) competence </li> <li>link models of intercultural (communicative) competence to foreign language study </li></ul> In addition to the learning outcomes specified for the relevant LEAP course, students should be able to:<ul> <li>critically engage with the various models of ICC  </li> <li>apply various models of ICC to their LEAP experiences and more widely  </li></ul> In addition to the learning outcomes specified for the relevant LEAP course, students should be able to:<ul> <li>reflect on the students’ foreign language learning experiences with view to any intercultural (communicative) competence dimensions to them</li> <li>reflect on their own cultural identities, background and cultural intercultural experiences</li></ul> In addition to the learning outcomes specified for the relevant LEAP course, students should be able to:<ul> <li>make use of a foreign language more confidently and do so with an appreciation of the intercultural dimension to such usage</li> <li>engage in interactions with others in a spirit of cultural plurality rather than ethnocentrism </li> <li>present their work in academically appropriate ways </li> <li>critically engage with the relevant literature and explore its implications for contexts within and beyond academic study </li></ul> Other Develop the habit of considering the implications of intercultural competence and foreign language learning for real world contexts of one sort or another (e.g. professional, academic, national, personal). <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193476742 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193476742 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;border-left:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);border-top:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);color:windowtext;font-kerning:none;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;margin:2px 0px 0px;overflow-wrap:break-word;padding:1.33333px 8px 1.33333px 5.33333px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;user-select:text;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;" data-ccp-border-bottom="0.6666666666666666px solid #000000" data-ccp-padding-bottom="1.3333333333333333px" paraid="1710075072" paraeid="{7d57fc2c-8fea-4103-82b3-ca2853290de6}{202}"><span class="TextRun SCXW193476742 BCX8 NormalTextRun" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB">Teaching will comprise fortnightly two-hour classes, supported by resources in the virtual learning environment. Classes will involve lectures, discussions, and group work, as well as guidance and support on the course unit assessment. <span class="EOP SCXW193476742 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif", "Microsoft Sans Serif_EmbeddedFont", "Microsoft Sans Serif_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:18.3458px;margin:0px;padding:0px;user-select:text;" data-ccp-props="{"335572071":4,"335572072":1,"335572073":4278190080,"335572075":4,"335572076":6,"335572077":4278190080,"335572079":4,"335572080":1,"335572081":4278190080,"335572083":4,"335572084":4,"335572085":4278190080,"469789798":"single","469789802":"single","469789806":"single","469789810":"single"}"> </div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW193476742 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);clear:both;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);cursor:text;direction:ltr;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;overflow:visible;padding:0px;position:relative;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;user-select:text;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW193476742 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color:transparent;-webkit-user-drag:none;background-color:transparent;border-left:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);border-right:0.666667px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);color 0 Other 100% Assessment task:LEAP course completion - 10%LEAP assessment - 20%MAIC assessment (essay) - 70% Resit assessment:MAIC assessment (essay) Feedback method:LEAP assessment - to be determinde by LEAP course instructorMAIC assessment - formal written feedback on Turnitin will be given following the assessmentMAIC assessment - oral feedback during class and consultation hoursMAIC assessment - peer feedback during class Available on which programme(s)? - MA Intercultural Communication Available as Free Choice (UG) or to other programmes (PG)? - Free choice for other PG programmes Available to students on an Erasmus programme? - No Pre/Co/Anti-requisite units? - Co-Requisite unit: Beginner-level LEAP course Medium of language? - Spoken and written English Y Diary studies:McDonough J. and McDonough, S. (1997). Diaries and diary studies. In J. and S. McDonough, Research methods for English language teachers (Chapter 8, pp.121-136). London: Hodder Headline.   Intercultural (communicative) competence and foreign language learning: Alptekin, C. (2002). Towards intercultural communicative competence in ELT, English Language Teaching Journal, 56 (1), pp.57-64. Byram, M. (1997). Teaching and assessing intercultural communicative competence. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Further reading: Coşgun Ögeyik, M., Aslan, A., Kondal, S., Güvendir, E. (2015). ‘Pragmatics in foreign language education’. In Thao Le, Quynh Le, & Si Fan (eds.), Linguistics and language education in new horizons: The link between theory, research and pedagogy (pp.75-85). New York: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN:978-1-63482-843-7.Eide, L., Skalle, C., and Gjesdal, A. M. (2022). "Intercultural Competence in the Foreign Language Classroom. Pedagogical Applications of Literary Texts on Migration and Exile". Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1-14.Holmes, P. and O’Neill, G. (2010). ’Autoethnography and self-reflection: tools for self-assessing intercultural competence’. In Y. Tsai and S. Houghton (eds.), Becoming intercultural: Inside and outside the classroom. (pp.167-193). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Available from: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/8282/1/8282.pdf  Seminars 12 0 138