EL INGLÉS COMO LENGUA INTERNACIONAL Y COMUNICACIÓN INTERCULTURAL

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CONTENIDOS DE LA ASIGNATURA

La asignatura se divide en cinco bloques temáticos (Study Blocks) cada uno de los cuales está dividido en unidades (Units).

STUDY BLOCK 1: English as an International Language

Unit 1: Historical survey of the rise of English as a communicative tool in an international context. Introduction to key terms.

Unit 2: English in a global context. Which English?

Unit 3: English as a tool for intercultural communication. English vs. multilingualism. The access paradox.

STUDY BLOCK 2: Communication and Culture

Unit 1: Survey of theories and definitions of culture from historical and interdisciplinary perspectives.

Unit 2: Intercultural communication today. Contemporary definitions of intercultural competence. Why do we need it?

STUDY BLOCK 3: Intercultural (Mis)communication

Unit 1: Historical overview of obstacles to intercultural communication, especially through Western racist and exclusionary theories and practices.

Unit 2: Philosophical origins of Western discriminatory ideologies. The development of gendered and racial stereotypes and prejudices. The practice of Othering.

STUDY BLOCK 4: Intercultural Communication and Literature (I)

Unit 1: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (selected extracts): racist or anti-imperialist text?

Unit 2: A Passage to India by E. M.Forster (selected extracts): “We’re not pleasant in India, and we don’t intend to be pleasant”.

STUDY BLOCK 5: Intercultural Communication and Literature (II).

Unit 1: A selection of writings by African American poet Langston Hughes: to hear another language.

Unit 2: The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy (selected extracts): ‘english’ stops where la frontera begins.