シラバス参照
シラバス参照
| 科目一覧へ戻る | 2023/03/17 現在 |
| 科目名／Subject | 比較文化I |
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| 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 | 2021年度／Academic Year 前期／Spring 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 |
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| オフィスアワー／Office hours |
| 更新日／Date of renewal | 2021/02/17 | ||
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 事前学修・事後学修 ／Preparation and review class |
* Three writing assignments during the semester. (800 words) * Preparation for group presentation. * Presentation report. |
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| 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: * Hofstede, Geert (2010) Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind. New York: McGraw-Hill. |
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| 成績評価の方法 ／Grading |
* 3 Written Assignments: 50% * Presentations and presentation reports: 50% |
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| 成績評価の基準 ／Grading Criteria |
Written assignments are graded as follows: * How well the essay answers the essay topic * English fluency and accuracy * Persuasiveness of the argument * How well the essay conforms to academic writing conventions. Presentations are graded as follows: * Successful completion of research task. * English fluency & accuracy * Organisation of the content (how coherent and coherence) * Presentation skills - persuasiveness and use of visual aids. |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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