Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication

2018/2019

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Дирекция по онлайн-обучению

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 3 модуль

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Some of the basic questions we will tackle are: • What are the concepts of culture that have the strongest influence on communication? • What are Russian basic cultural values and how they shape modern Russian consciousness? • What are the specific communication patterns of modern Russians, including those of public and electronic discourse? • What is important to know about communication with Russians in organizational contexts? Importantly, this course is NOT just a list of practical instructions of dos and don’ts of dealing with Russians. The course contains a substantial academic component introducing the key notions and concepts of the Theory of Communication, which will be extensively introduced throughout the first few modules of the course. These theoretical grounds will be further on used as a tool for analyzing the intercultural communications with Russians. Based on the online course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/intercultural-communication-russians

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of the course is to provide the students with a broad overview of the basic principles governing the past, the present and the future interactions between Russia and the West, with a focus on the culture and national psychology of Russians and Western Europeans.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Build skills in the analysis of the intercultural communication process using Russian-Western communication as an example
• Apply the knowledge of interrelations between different contexts of communication (cultural, institutional, professional, social, interpersonal, etc.) to the cultural history and national psychology of Russians

Course Contents

• Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communications
  Intercultural Communication as an Academic Discipline. Culture in Intercultural Communication. Theory of Communication. Culture’s Impact on Communication: Politeness. Communication in Organizational Contexts. Social Stratification and Occupational Cultures in Russia. Interpersonal Communication. Culture as a Narrative.

Assessment Elements

• Average of graded quizzes for all the course modules
• Final test

Interim Assessment

• Interim assessment (3 module)
  0.7 * Average of graded quizzes for all the course modules + 0.3 * Final test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Research Methods in Intercultural Communication : A Practical Guide, edited by Zhu Hua, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4093364.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Intercultural Communication, edited by Ling Chen, De Gruyter, Inc., 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/hselibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4843210.