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授業情報/Course information

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科目名/Subject 比較文化I
担当教員(所属)/Instructor ホルスト (商学部)
授業科目区分/Category 昼間コース 学科別専門科目
開講学期/Semester 2020年度/Academic Year  後期/Fall Semester
開講曜限/Class period 火/Tue 3
対象所属/Eligible Faculty 商学部/Faculty of Commerce
配当年次/Years 1年 , 2年 , 3年 , 4年
単位数/Credits 2
研究室番号/Office
オフィスアワー/Office hours
更新日/Date of renewal 2020/02/10
授業の目的・方法
/Course Objectives and method
Using established theoretical frameworks, this course investigates national cultural values and how those values manifest themselves in everyday interaction. The course has two aims:
(i) To consider national identity and how it affects intercultural communication.
(ii) To develop students' English fluency - especially presentation,  discussion and writing skills.
達成目標
/Course Goals
By the end of the course students should be able to understand some cultural theories and have developed their speaking and listening skills in English. This will be achieved through:
- Weekly discussions on theoretical and practical aspects of comparative culture
- Regular reading assignments to prepare for class.
- Three writing assignments to examine theoretical and practical aspects of comparative culture to develop English academic writing skills.
- Group research project into one social aspect of a country. Each group gives a class presentation on its research and writes a report to be handed in at the end of the course.
授業内容
/Course contents
Lesson Format
30-40 mins: Teacher introduces an aspect of culture (theoretical and empirical)
50-60 mins: Students present the same aspect of culture about their country to each other.

Week 1 Orientation What is culture? Cultural Theories
Week 2 Individual Identity
Week 3 National Identity – Hofstede's value system; Introduce your country
Week 4 Homogeneity vs. heterogeneity; Nations and National Groups
Week 5 Power Distance (Social Identity); Political/ government systems
Week 6 Individualism v Collectivism; Freedom of speech, group loyalty
Week 7 Individualism v Collectivism; Health systems, Food, Drink,
Week 8 Masculinity – Competition v quality of life; Education systems.
Week 9 Masculinity – Gender & Culture; Gender, Culture & Work
Week 10 Long-term orientation; Religion
Week 11 Uncertainty Avoidance; Marriage & family structure
Week 12 Indulgence; Work & leisure patterns.
Week 13 Aesthetics - Ways of Seeing; Art & Music
Week 14 High v Low context; Multiculturalism, immigration, citizenship
Week 15 Language and Culture; Intercultural communication.
使用教材
/Teaching materials
Weekly handouts and lecture materials drawn from online and textual sources will be uploaded and available for students on the class Moodle site.
Key text:
* Porter, Richard E. & Larry A. Samovar (2012) Communication Between Culture, 8th Edition. Belmont California: Thompson Wadsworth.
成績評価の方法
/Grading
3 Written Assignments     50%
Presentations and presentation reports     50%
成績評価の基準
/Grading Criteria
 
履修上の注意事項
/Remarks
The medium of instruction of this course is English - there are  Japanese versions of some of the written materials, but all class discussions and written work are in English. Please feel free to contact the instructor if you would like to take the course, but you are concerned about your English language abilities
リンク先ホームページアドレス
/URL of syllabus or other information
http://geert-hofstede.com/countries.html
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSContents.jsp
実務経験者による授業
/Courses conducted by the
ones with practical
experiences
該当しない/No
遠隔授業
/Online class
遠隔授業/Online class

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