WLC 3020 MAKING THE MOST OF SEMESTER ABROAD
This course supports the development of intercultural competency and linguistic skills of French and Spanish majors and minors who are studying abroad for the semester. Through this on-line course, students will: reflect on the goals that they established previously for their global experience; analyze representations of the target cultures that appear in various texts – written, aural and visual; respond to journal prompts that will require them to interact deliberately with the target culture; begin to articulate insights into their own cultural rules, judgments, and biases learned through their interactions with culturally different others; observe and analyze cultural differences apparent in verbal and nonverbal communication; identify and question cultural perspectives revealed by differences in vocabulary and syntax; provide examples of their ability to manage appropriately some cultural conventions within a variety of contexts; and begin work on their culminating intercultural competency project. Taught in English.
Course Outcomes
- 1) Reflect on their personal goals related to the study abroad experience.
2) Begin to articulate insights into their own cultural rules, judgments, and biases.
3) Observe and analyze differences apparent in verbal and nonverbal communication.
4) Identify and analyze cultural perspectives revealed by differences in vocabulary and syntax.
5) Provide examples of their ability to manage appropriately some cultural conventions within a variety of contexts.