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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程优化之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请
联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
Global English & Communication Skills
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授课院系
Originating Department
语言中心 Center for Language Education
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课程编号
Course Code
CLE062
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课程学分 Credit Value
2
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课程类别
Course Type
通识选修课程 General Education (GE) Elective Courses
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring / 夏季 Summer / 秋季 Fall
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授课语言
Teaching Language
英文 English
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
allinstructors）
语言中心教师
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
无 NA
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选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
2
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授课方式
Delivery Method
讲授
Lectures
实验/实习
Lab/Practical
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Pleasespecify）
总学时
Total
学时数
Credit Hours
32
0
0
32
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
N/A
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this course
is a pre-requisite
N/A
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
N/A
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to build effective global communication skills to prepare students for professional and academic
engagement with non-Chinese speakers using English as a lingua franca. This will be achieved by training students to
recognize and apply linguistic and non-linguistic strategies and skills to enhance rapport building and mutual
comprehension across regions. The course also aims to expand students’ familiarity with World Englishes and English
as an International language in order to be capable of comprehension of a range of English accents, lexicons and
cultural contexts.
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
Students will develop transcultural engagement and communication skills.
Students will become familiar with a range of regional contexts, cultures and accents and build their schematic and
linguistic knowledge to enhance effective transregional communication and collaboration.
Students will develop the skills to identify appropriate language, content, and actions for effective transcultural
communication and collaboration.
Students will be able to identify and respond to transcultural communication challenges and crises and identify and
avoid language and actions with potential for ambiguity or misunderstanding.
Students will be able to produce written and spoken texts which build rapport and understanding across regions and
promote effective transcultural communication and collaboration.
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
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Week 1: Introduction to the course. Student evaluation
Weeks 2- 8: Building regional linguistic and cultural knowledge
Week 2 Region 1: Communication with the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands
Week 3: Region 2: Communication with Europe
Week 4: Region 3: Communication with India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Malaysia
Week 5: Region 4: Communication with South, East and West Africa
Week 6: Region 5: Communication with the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey
Week 7: Region 6: Communication with South America
Week 8: Region 7: Communication with Russia and the ex-USSR countries
Weeks 9 -13: Effective multimodal communication skills for transregional collaboration
Week 9: Skill 1: Build rapport and gain trust
Week 10: Skill 2: Avoid conflict and implement instructions, rules and feedback
Week 11: Skill 3: Engage and innovate
Week 12: Skill 4: Conflict management and politeness strategies
Week 13: Skill 5: Build networks over time and distance
Week 14: Presentations, review and personal statement writing
Week 15: Case study evaluation and feedback task
Week 16: Integrating learning. Reflection, Review, Future objectives. One-to-one Interview practice
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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
Carbaugh, D.A., 2017. The handbook of communication in cross-cultural perspective
Demenchonok & Demenchonok, Ė. V., 2016. Intercultural dialogue: in search of harmony in diversity Second.
Hurn, B.J. & Tomalin, B., 2013. Cross-cultural communication: theory and practice, Houndmills, Basingstoke,
Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
Rings, G. & Rasinger, S.M., 2020. The Cambridge handbook of intercultural communication
Yu, H. & Savage, G.J., 2013. Negotiating cultural encounters: narrating intercultural engineering and technical
communication, Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Available in SUSTech library
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课程评估 ASSESSMENT
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评估形式
Type of
Assessment
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final
score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
出勤 Attendance
10
课堂表现
Class
Performance
20
Listening tasks
小测验
Quiz
10
Case study analysis task
课程项目 Projects
20
Video
平时作业
Assignments
20
Advice, Rules & Instructions task
Personal Statement
期末报告
Final
Presentation
20
Academic/Professional
presentations (live or digital)
Interview
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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
以上课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程优化之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances,
or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be directed to the course instructor.
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority
Center for Language Education