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Communication Intelligence (C-IQ) 1
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The course develops Students' understanding of communication styles specific to Japan and 1 other country each term. By the end of the course, the students will have greater:
• Appreciation of communication styles and the cultures in which they are used;
• Awareness, skills and knowledge of nonverbal communication including micro-behaviour and the mechanism of bio-electromagnetism;
• Ability to use code-switching strategies with people from different walks of life;
• Capacity to 'listen-beyond-words' and use inquiry questions to achieve a deeper level of dialogue and trust.
• Ability to communicate culturally-specific concepts and describe culturally specific objects/practices.
• Confidence to communicate in an informed and credible way in 1-to-1, small group and whole-class settings.
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This course uses the A-S-K (Awareness-Skills-Knowledge) approach and EQ-SQ-CQ-GQ model. It develops Students ability to communicate using presentation and dialogue skills suitable for different cultures.
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Communication styles, cultural values/concepts/practices, code-switching, listening-beyond-words, inquiry questions, .
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SPRING
4/10 Introduction, World map, Assignments: Journal
4/17 What is Culture? Iceberg: Visible/invisible culture. Values & Behaviour
4/24 Building Blocks of Culture Storti, Dividing the spoils
5/1 1 Concept of self: Individualist-Collectivist
5/8 2 Responsibility: Universalist-Particularist
5/15 Building Blocks 1 & 2; Continua
5/22 3 Time: Monochronic-Polychronic
5/29 4 Control: Internal-External
6/5 Building Blocks 3 & 4
6/12 Journal reflection paper in-class
6/19 REVIEW Group Caizen presentations
6/26 Quiz 50%
7/3 Fall presentation schedule. Classroom culture survey
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AL(L13) Classroom culture survey
AL(L4-8) 6-slide presentation
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SPRING
15% Share Journal Entries x8 (including peer review 10% & vote 5%)
35% 6-slide Presentation x1
50% Term-end Quiz (Multiple choice, short answer)
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Weekly reading from core text
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