Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

Information Of Programmes

TOURISM RESEARCH INSTITUTE / TR614 - TOURISM GUIDING (PHD)

Code: TR614 Course Title: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 2nd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department TOURISM GUIDING (PHD)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer AYBÜKE ÖZSOY (aybuke.ozsoy@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to teach the students necessary concepts, terminology, approaches, theories of intercultural communication, to enrich students with knowledge of interculturality and with intercultural communication competence.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 To be able to distinguish intercultural communication conceptual theories and to use them in daily life. PO-1 Critically evaluate the expert knowledge and skills acquired in tourism guiding.
PO-2 Develops creative and practical solutions for current issues and problems in the field of tourism guidance.
PO-3 Demonstrates leadership in solving industry-related problems
Examination
Presentation
LO-2 Respect and share one's own culture while being involved in many other cultures. PO-1 Critically evaluate the expert knowledge and skills acquired in tourism guiding.
PO-2 Develops creative and practical solutions for current issues and problems in the field of tourism guidance.
PO-3 Demonstrates leadership in solving industry-related problems
Examination
Presentation
LO-3 Recognizing cultural differences and seeing that different cultures are not superior to each other. PO-1 Critically evaluate the expert knowledge and skills acquired in tourism guiding.
PO-2 Develops creative and practical solutions for current issues and problems in the field of tourism guidance.
PO-3 Demonstrates leadership in solving industry-related problems
Examination
Presentation
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
In this course the students will learn intercultural communication theories and grasp how these theories help us to understand, overcome, and appreciate communicative differences. The concepts that they will cover include: the nature of signs linguistic relativity and the relationship between language and thought multilingualism the difference between linguistic and communicative competence nonverbal communication and the connections between language and power, race, class, and gender.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction and Overview of the Course Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
2 Human Inquiry and Science Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Paradigms, Theory and Social Research Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 The Ethics and Politics of Social Research Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 Research Design Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Measurement Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 Indexes, Scales, and Typologies The Logic of Sampling Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Experiments Survey Research Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Qualitative Field Research Unobtrusive Measures Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Evaluation Research Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Qualitative Data Analysis Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Quantitative Data Analysis Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 The Elaboration Model Statistical Analyses Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 Reading and Writing Social Research Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 Reading and Writing Social Research Lecture, Project Presentation, Question and Answer, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
Required Course instruments and materials
Book, article, projection, internet resource, lecture notes

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 2 30
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 5 14 70
       b) Search in internet/Library 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 6 5 30
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 5 5 25
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 2 5 10
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 180