Download Communication across languages and cultures

faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences
Communication
across languages
and cultures
A linguistics broadening unit
Communication across
languages and cultures
is an arts broadening
unit you can study with
the Bachelors of Science,
Design or Commerce.
We live in a multicultural and multilingual
world and opportunities in the global
community depend on communication
between people of different languages
and cultures. Australia is particularly
diverse in this respect. Do you have the
tools to navigate these cross-cultural,
multilingual environments?
This unit introduces you to the basics
of cross-cultural communication, with
an emphasis on the language practices
of different human groups. The unit
examines issues such as the social
statuses of various world languages,
communication strategies and how these
vary across languages and cultures and
tools to bridge the cross-linguistic gap,
including translation and interpreting and
language learning.
CRICOS Provider Code: 00126G
UniPrint 88115
Studying this unit will be an appreciated
addition to any of the degree courses
and in particular as a broadening unit
with majors such as Aboriginal Health
and Wellbeing, Management, Marketing,
Business, Human Resource Management,
Computer Science, Engineering Science,
Urban and Regional Planning and Science
Communication.
It will be advantageous if you are seeking
to embark on a career in multicultural
societies both in Australia and overseas.
Communication across languages and
cultures is a unit taught in the Bachelor
of Arts Linguistics major and can also
be taken by any student outside of a
Bachelor of Arts as a broadening unit or
elective. Linguistics is the study of human
language and is concerned with what
languages have in common, how they
differ, their structure, and how they are
used and learned.
As part of your undergraduate course
you are required to take four broadening
units outside of your specific degree
area, including at least one with a global
focus (Category A).
If students choose to undertake a
second major that is outside their
primary degree area, units studied as
part of the second major can be credited
towards their category B broadening
requirements – and in some cases may
also fulfil the Category A requirement.
Communication across languages and
cultures is classified as a Category A
Broadening Unit.
Interested?
Contact the Discipline of Linguistics
on +61 8 6488 2862 or email
[email protected]
www.humanities.uwa.edu.au/home/
linguistics