TÄ°D607 - LANGUAGE, CULTURE and INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LANGUAGE, CULTURE and INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION | TÄ°D607 | 1st Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Prequisites | - | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Other: hands-on workshops | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Members of the department | |||||
| Course objective | The aim of the course is to analyze the concepts language and culture and their interrelationship in several linguistic and cultural contexts. To go through the relevant theories and research in the literature with an emphasis on the linguistic investigation of the ways of communication among individauls from different cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. Moreover, this course aims at an understanding of Deafness as a cultural and linguistic variable. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | This course covers discussions on culture, language and communication and their interelationships in various linguistic and cultural contexts. Moreover, the ways of communication among individuals having different cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds will be investigated with a linguistic perspective. | |||||
| References | Salzman, Z. (1993). Language, Culture and Society. Boulder: Westview Press Samovar, L., Porter, R.E., McDaniel E.R. (2005). Intercultural Communication: A Reader. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Co. Mindess, A. (2014). Reading Between the Signs: Intercultural Communication for Sign Language Interpreters, 3rd ed. Hachette, UK Ladd, P. (2003). Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood. Multilingual Matters | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction |
| Week 2 | Definition of culture |
| Week 3 | Culture in daily life |
| Week 4 | Theories of culture |
| Week 5 | The language-culture relationship and relevant theories |
| Week 6 | Cultural semiotics and linguistic sign |
| Week 7 | Midterm |
| Week 8 | Communication, language and culture |
| Week 9 | Verbal and non-verbal communication |
| Week 10 | Intercultural competence |
| Week 11 | Intercultural communication in different contexts (education, media, politics, etc.) |
| Week 12 | Deaf culture and Deaf speech communities |
| Week 13 | Deaf community as a minority group |
| Week 14 | Majority discourse and Deaf speech community |
| Week 15 | Overview |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 38 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 25 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 15 | 5 | 75 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 45 | 45 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 48 | 48 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 131 | 240 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Will gain knowledge about the basic concepts of linguistics and linguistic features of sign languages. | X | ||||
| 2. Will survey the literature on interdisciplinary areas pertaining to sign linguistics and understand the interaction of sign linguistics with fields such as sociology, translation sciences and communication sciences. | X | ||||
| 3. Have knowledge about the historical development of sign languages and Turkish Sign Language. | |||||
| 4. Will evaluate phenomena such as language contact, language genesis, creole, bilingualism within the context of sign languages. | |||||
| 5. Develop research design on sign linguistics and make data analyses through efficient use of academic resources. | |||||
| 6. Pursue academic studies, plan related activities, monitor the Pursue academic studies, plan related activities, monitor the process, decide on and apply ways of accessing information. | |||||
| 7. Will carry out scientific research independently by using knowledge in linguistics, translation studies, communication sciences and related fields and present it. | |||||
| 8. Use their knowledge within the perspective of social responsibility and scientific ethic values. | |||||
| 9. Have general knowledge of the cultures of the languages they work on. | X | ||||
| 10. Master the languages they work with sufficiently in different communication situations. | |||||
| 11. Have fundamental knowledge of terminology and special field knowledge in order to make TID-Turkish/Turkish-TID translations. | |||||
| 12. Have professional knowledge of translation and translation studies. | |||||
| 13. Define stages of translation processes, translation strategies and problems encountered and develop methods for solving these problems. | |||||
| 14. Communicate effectively at basic level in TID. | |||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest