Introduction to Intercultural Studies: Language and Culture
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Course overview
- Provider
- Futurelearn
- Course type
- Free trial availiable
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Course author
- Bethan Davies
Description
Explore intercultural communication by understanding the relationship between language and cultural identity.
Examine the relationship between language, nationality and cultural identity
On this course you will analyse why language is a social construction and examine how it relates to cultural identity.
You will start by exploring what language is, how it relates to the way we think and how it is shaped by the culture it originates from. You’ll learn how language is used and explore cases of intercultural communication. You will examine the difficulties of translation and how politeness is expressed across cultures. Finally, you’ll learn about the controversial issue of language loss and examine the reasons that cause it and its implications for cultural identity.
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