Lecture 2

Lecture 2

This lecture is a brief history of intercultural communication. Dr Kokkonen clarifies some of the terminology and theoretical approaches to adaptation.

We also hear personal experiences about different stereotypes.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: None.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS720_S1_L2.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Assignments after the lecture:

  1. Discussion 2/6. How could a leader remove stereotyping in a workplace? Try to come up with a concrete example and post it to platform. Read also other texts and comment at least one.
  2. Personal development plan. Reflect your thoughts, readings and the lecture. How could you promote cross-cultural understanding in your organisation? What sort of skills would you need? Where and how could you gain these skills? Update your PDP accordingly. The PDP will be submitted at the end of the course. Please find more detailed instructions here.