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Intercultural Professional Communication (ESLA90004)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
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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.
Note: This subject is aimed at speakers of English as an additional language. It is not suitable for native speakers of English.
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
Please note: this subject is only available to students for whom English is an additional language. It is not suitable for native speakers of English
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 early in the teaching period and mid-teaching period
- Spoken assessments equivalent to a 10-minute oral exam (20%), due mid-teaching period and late in the teaching period
- 2 practical assignments totalling 1,000 words (20%), due early and late in the teaching period
- A written assignment totaling 2000 words (40%), due after the end of the teaching 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
- June
Principal coordinator Chloe Diskin-Holdaway Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours delivered intensively over 2 weeks Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 17 June 2019 to 28 June 2019 Last self-enrol date 19 June 2019 Census date 21 June 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 29 June 2019 Assessment period ends 5 July 2019 June 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 Course Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) Course Graduate Certificate in English for the Global Workplace - Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022