Chabot College
Fall 2002
Course Outline for Speech 11
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Catalog Description:
11 - Intercultural Communication
3 units
Intercultural communication with a focus on the analysis and comparisons of message perception and
transmission in interactions between people from different cultures. Emphasis on practical application
of skills for effective communication between people of different domestic and international cultures.
3 hours.
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:
1. describe the basic communication process;
2. identify and demonstrate effective critical listening skills;
3. define culture and related terms
a. intracultural communication
b. intercultural communication;
4. analyze the dynamics of communication between people with different cultural heritages (both
international and domestic);
5. identify diverse Western and non-Western cultural orientations, values, and behaviors;
6. describe contemporary communication networks that link the United States politically, economically,
and socially with other countries;
7. analyze and describe how culture influences communication in both Western and non-Western
contexts;
8. identify unique historical experiences that shape cultural communication differences;
9. identify similarities and differences in communication styles that are unique to particular international
and domestic cultures
a. verbal communication
b. nonverbal communication;
10. determine when cultural issues influence communication in developing interpersonal relationships;
11. demonstrate the basic knowledge of how to transcend Western and non-Western cultural and ethnic
differences to build "community;"
12. identify and demonstrate specific communication skills necessary for intercultural communication
competence
a. identify the obstacles to effective intercultural communication
b. demonstrate improve intercultural communications skills.
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Introduction to the communication process
Definition of culture and related terms
Cultural similarities and differences in Western and non-Western contexts
Historical and cultural influences on distinct communication styles
Political, economic, and social interdependence between Western and non-Western cultures
Culture and communication behavior
Intracultural communication
Intercultural communication
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Course Outline for Speech 11, Page 2
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Verbal and nonverbal communication
Intercultural communication competence skills
Obstacles to intercultural communication competence
Critical listening/active listening
Interpersonal communication and culture
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Lecture/discussion
Audiovisual material
Guest presentations
research projects
Demonstrations/presentations
In-class group activities
Typical Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Individual presentations
b. Research paper
c. Group projects/presentations
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress
a. Quizzes on assigned reading material
b. Graded group and individual projects/presentations
c. Graded research paper
d. Midterm and final exams
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Our Voices: Essays in Culture, Ethnicity, and Communication, A. Gonzalez, M. Houston, and V. Chen,
Second edition, Roxbury Pub., 1997
Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication Between Cultures, J. Koester and M. Ludwig,
Third edition, Harper Collins Pub., 1999
Special Student Materials:
Supplemental Instructional Packet
dk 11/15/01
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