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Intercultural Professional Communication (ESLA90004)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online and Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Semester 1
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
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:
- Developed awareness of cross-cultural differences in communication
- Improved their own written and spoken cross-cultural communication abilities; and
- 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
- Sharpened their analytical skills
- Further developed their written and spoken skills; and
- Improved their ability to function in the workplace
Last updated: 31 January 2024
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.
This subject is compulsory in the Graduate Certificate in English for the Global Workplace, and Head of Program approval is required for enrolment by Community Access Program (CAP), Inbound Exchange/Study Abroad or Incoming Cross-institutional students.
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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2 homework assignments, due early in the semester and mid-semester
| First half of the teaching period | 20% |
Spoken assessments equivalent to a 10-minute oral exam, due mid-semester and late in the semester
| Second half of the teaching period | 20% |
2 practical assignments, due early and late in the semester
| Throughout the teaching period | 20% |
A written assignment
| During the examination period | 40% |
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 | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Timothy Johannessen Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
- Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery
Coordinator Timothy Johannessen Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours 24 hours: a 2 hour seminar per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
Time commitment details
170 Hours
Additional delivery details
Please note Online Availability is only available to students undertaking the online version of the Master of Applied Linguistics
Last updated: 31 January 2024
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 Graduate Certificate in English for the Global Workplace Course Master of Public Administration Course Master of Public Administration (Enhanced) - Links to additional information
Last updated: 31 January 2024