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Intercultural Professional Communication (ESLA90004)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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Contact information
Winter Term
Overview
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This subject enhances students’ ability to communicate effectively and strategically in English-speaking professional settings in Australia and internationally. Students will acquire research-based discourse analytic tools to understand workplace cultures and norms of interaction, and develop practical skills in advanced spoken and email-based workplace interaction. Topics include opening and closing conversations, engaging in small talk, raising sensitive issues with peers and superior, making and responding to requests, complaints, and refusals from a position of strength and weakness, structuring short ad hoc speeches, participating in job interviews, and understanding cultural norms of humour, sarcasm and non-literal language use. There will be an emphasis throughout on intercultural differences and awareness raising of how cultural norms impact interaction.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should:
- have developed awareness of cross-cultural differences in communication;
- have improved their own written and spoken cross-cultural communication abilities; and
- have sharpened practical cross-cultural communication skills to improve the scope of employment options and professional advancement.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should:
- have developed enhanced problem solving skills;
- have sharpened their analytical skills;
- have further developed their written and spoken skills; and
- have improved their ability to function in the workplace.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- 2 homework assignments totalling 1,000 words (20%), due in the Weeks 1 and 2 of the teaching period
- Spoken assessments equivalent to a 10-minute oral exam (20%), due in Weeks 2 and 3 of the teaching period
- 2 practical assignments totalling 1,000 words (20%), due in Weeks 1 and 3 of the teaching period
- A 2,000-word essay (40%), due during the examination period
Hurdle Requirement: Students are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in order to pass this subject and regular class participation is expected
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Winter Term
Principal coordinator Carsten Roever Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total 24 Hours: delivered intensively over four weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 June 2017 to 16 July 2017 Last self-enrol date 30 June 2017 Census date 7 July 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 14 July 2017 Assessment period ends 23 July 2017 Winter Term contact information
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Riddiford, N., & Newton, J. (2010). Workplace talk in action. Wellington, NZ: Victoria University.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) Course Master of Public Administration Course Graduate Certificate in English for the Global Workplace Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Arts and Cultural Management Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Public Policy and Management Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Arts and Cultural Management Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Arts and Cultural Management Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of International Relations Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Public Policy and Management Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of International Relations Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Public Policy and Management Informal specialisation EMA 200 point program - full time over 2 years Major EMA 150 point program - full time over 1.5 years Informal specialisation EMA 200 point program - full time over 1.5 years - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022