English-Slovene Intercultural Studies C
Study Cycle: 2
Lectures: 30
Seminars: 0
Tutorials: 0
ECTS credit: 3
Lecturer(s): izr. prof. dr. Zlatnar Moe Marija
Ways of defining culture and cultural difference
Cultural models
Globalisation and localisation
Socio-cultural norms, conventions, orientations
Metacommunication and frames
Context of situation, cultural context
Relationship between language and culture
Social and cultural specifics of English speaking environments and Slovenia
Speech acts in Slovene and English
Different kinds of discourse in Slovene and English
Translation and and intercultural communicative competence
The course is based on material prepared by the lecturer. Recommended reading:
Connor, Ulla. 1996. Contrastive Rhetoric. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. COBISS.SI-ID - 3497314
Hampden-Turner, Charles and Trompenaars, Fons. 2012. Riding The Waves of Culture: Understanding Diversity in Global Business. McGraw Hill. COBISS.SI-ID - 21075222
Katan, David. 2004. Translating Cultures. An Introduction for Translators, Interpreters and Mediators. 2nd edition. Manchester: St Jerome. COBISS.SI-ID – 56015458 2nd ed. 2014
Limon, David. 2007. Writing across cultures. In: Delanoy, Werner (ed), Helbig, Jörg (ed.), James, Allan (ed.) Towards a Dialogic Linguistics. Wien: Lit Verlag. pp. 147-159. COBISS.SI-ID - 35424098
Limon, David. and Šabec, Nada. 2001. Across Cultures: Slovene-British-American Intercultural Communication. Maribor: Obzorja. COBISS.SI-ID - 45731073
Mole, John. 2003. Mind Your Manners: Managing Business Cultures in the New Global Europe. London: Nicholas Brealey. COBISS.SI-ID – 2011
Scollon, Ron and Scollon, Suzanne Wong. 1995. Intercultural Communication: A Discourse Approach. Oxford: Blackwell. COBISS.SI-ID – 56352866 2012 3rd ed.