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Interculturality and Communication
Courses Master's Degree in Portuguese as a Foreign Language
Cod: 52016
Department: DH
ECTS: 10
Scientific area: Communication Sciences
Total working hours: 260
Total contact time: 55

This seminar focuses on the main theoretical perspectives and debates on intercultural communication and the plurilingual and pluricultural competence. The syllabus covers the relation between these two competencies that actually determines Foreign Language Learning. It also provides the theoretical and empirical knowledge fundamental for analysis, reflection and application of intercultural communication. It covers the skills and uses of intercultural competency in various contexts as well.

1. Intercultural competence
2. Language teacher education
3. Intercultural communication

This seminarhas as major learning objectives:

1.      Critically analyze models of interculturalcompetence, specialist documents and bibliography, in order to properly developstrategies which promote intercultural communication;

2.     Develop professional awarenessof spaces that encourage local and global intercultural communication skills;

3.     Promote the use of knowledgeto develop appropriate strategies in promoting intercultural communication inparticular diverse contexts.

4.     Propose exercises suitable fordifferent communicative contexts and different learning environments.

Syllabus:

1.Cultural dimension of languages: concepts and perspectives;
 
2.Intercultural competence: models of intercultural competency and fundamental issues;
    
3.Portuguese teaching and learning in multicultural settings;

4.Development and evaluation of pedagogical projects.

CONSELHO DA EUROPA, 2001, Quadro Europeu Comum de Referência para as línguas, tradução de Joana Pimentel do Rosário e Nuno Verdial Lopes, Lisboa: Asa.
Deardorff, Darla, 2009, The Sage Handbook of Intercultural Competence, Los Angeles/London/New Dehli/Singapore/Washington DC: Sage Publications KRAMSCH, Claire (2000) Language and Culture, Oxford, New York, Athens, Oxford University Press.

Sequeira, Rosa Maria, 2012, “A comunicação intercultural é uma utopia?”, Petrov et al., Avanços em Literatura e Cultura Portuguesas. Século XX, vol. 3, Santiago de Compostela / Faro: AIL / Editora Através, pp. 303- 316.

Spencer-Oatey, H e P. Franklin, 2009, Intercultural Interaction. A Multidisciplinary Approach to Intercultural Communication, Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.

Witte, Arnd e T. Harden (ed.s), 2011, Intercultural Competence – concepts, challenges, evaluations, Oxford: Peter Lang.

Esta unidade curricular é oferecida em regime de ensino online, através da utilização da plataforma Moodle, privilegiando-se a comunicação assíncrona.
Tendo como enquadramento do processo de ensino/aprendizagem uma permanente supervisão online, os alunos elaboram as tarefas propostas pelo docente, apresentando trabalhos, recensões críticas, relatórios, protocolos, etc., que serão objeto de
avaliação e/ou classificação.

Evaluation is made on individual basis and it involves the coexistence of two modes: continuous assessment (60%) and final evaluation (40%). Further information is detailed in the Learning Agreement of the course unit.

São necessárias competências básicas a nível de compreensão de leitura na língua francesa e inglesa.