BSRS9818 Communication and culturality across the Baltic Area

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BSRS9818 Communication and culturality across
the Baltic Area

• Fred Dervin
• Department of French Studies
• freder_at_utu.fi
• Juslenia 178

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Structure of the course

• My lectures gt general introduction to culture and
  language
• Latvian expert - Mara Dirba
• Russian expert - Olga Milovidova
• Lithuanian expert - Elena Maceviciute

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• Fred Dervin,Feb 15, 10-14, EDU2, and March 15,
  10-12, room IX, and March 16, 10-12, room XXIII.
  Elena Maceviciute, Feb 22, 10-14, CAL4, and Feb
  23, 9-12, CAL4. Mara Dirba, March 6, 12-16,
  CAL2, and March 7, 9-12, CAL2. Olga Milovidova,
  March 7, 14-18, EDU2, and March 8, 10-14, CAL2.

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Approaches

• linguistics (pragmatics, interaction,
  non-verbal...)
• intercultural communication gt interculturalists
  (Hofstede, Hall...)
• humanities (history, geography..)

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Rules

• Attendance 30h - away not more than 8 x 45m
• Dont come late to the lectures!
• Note-taking and concentration on what is said
  during the lectures gt BIG help for assessment
• Active participation

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Assessment

• 2 parts
• 12.3
• 1.4 gt will be announced 15.3

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• 12.3 gt send diary to freder_at_utu.fi by NOON
• 10 days gt 10 entries into a diary about
• Communication in different languages
• Any interlocutor / any context (direct, via NT)
• gt YOU
• 1 entry 1 paragraph (min. 10 lines) on
• Success in communication
• Failure in communication
• EXPLAIN WHY
• USE ideas theories presented by the speakers

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• Police 12 Times New Roman
• Space between lines
• Number pages
• Date for each entry

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• To be given on 15.3 at the beginning of the
  lecture
• No extension, if you are away, make sure it is
  available on 15.3