D: Language and Communication in East and Southeast Asia (6 or 2 ECTS)
The course begins 28th of October 2011.
Introduction to the Asian Programme in Moodle. (https://moodle.utu.fi/course/view.php?id=593)
Link to the course site (registered students will get an e-mail invitation to the course's Moodle site once the course starts):
https://moodle.utu.fi/course/view.php?id=4391
Detailed information will be posted in due time before the course.
Lecturer: Professor Liisa Salo-Lee, Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä. Course teacher: Jukka Jouhki Objective: The course aims to increase students' knowledge and competence of language and communication in Asia, particularly intercultural communication in Asian professional contexts. |
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Structure: Overview of Asian language situation in general and in specific cultures and the interrelation between language and culture will be introduced. Asia, Asian identity and cultural factors in Asian communication will also be discussed. Basic Asian values and their dynamics and changes are introduced from the intercultural communication perspective. A particular focus is on interaction between Asians and Westerners in professional and social contexts.
Contact person: Jukka Jouhki, jukka.jouhki(at)jyu.fi
Jukka Jouhki
Post-Doc. Researcher in Cultural Anthropology
Department of Histoty and Ethnology, University of Jyväskylä
jukka.jouhki(at)jyu.fi