COMMUNICATION IN THE NEW MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Understanding how language works to improve our communication and relationships with others
ERASMUS K1 PROJECT
about the course
course description
Since the 1970s, scholars from many disciplines have tried to focus their work on achieving greater awareness of the theme of Communication.
Thanks to many studies on Language and Communication, it has been understood that there is no right or wrong way to interact in interpersonal communication: We just speak differently.
Understanding how language works is the main objective of our course. Thanks to linguistics, we study different branches, mainly dealing with the history of grammar or the symbolic representation of language, but sociolinguistics and anthropological linguistics give us a deep understanding of how people use their own language in their everyday life and how different cultures make people’s language different but authentic.
When we grow up, we learn how to use language depending on the country we were born in, our ethnicity, religion, or our class backgrounds, even just being female or male gives us the awareness that there are different ways of speaking.
This course is designed to give teachers an understanding of what cross-cultural communication means, how every single individual such as children, teens, adults, or even older people are involved in the greater world of communication and what is defined as a conversational style.
Analyzing everyday interactions and adapting to other communication styles could be the key to better understanding the problem in a conversation and avoiding all the negative consequences that different conversation styles can cause.
LEARNING GOALS:
- understand the importance of meaning in the communicative process and the role that context and so-called external variables play.
- know the meaningful connection between gender, power, and discrimination and the various factors that influence our language.
- explore the importance of a cross-cultural approach to analyzing different conversational styles in order to better understand what is behind individuals’ conversations.
- develop a greater awareness of communication and how conversational styles are influenced by gender as well as other cultural, social, and experiential factors.
- develop practical experience and skills to apply effectively intercultural communication according to different needs and contexts
Target Group
Any teachers, working in a public or private school or educational institutions
program/Training Modules
INTRO/METHOD
Like all our programs, the present one is flexible and adaptable to special requests, depending on the subject taught or on the starting level of the participant.
Furthermore, in line with the JUMP Academy method, our courses are based on a strategic balance between formal and non-formal education, indoor and outdoor education and the team takes care of a very important aspect of international mobility which is the intercultural learning which we develop with short excursions and facilitating the interaction with local partners, businesses and citizens of our territory. Each local context has its own economy so it’s always useful, in training programs, to get in contact with concrete examples (experiential learning and real based learning).
We always try to connect our learners to local teachers and students to cooperate in developing innovation and networking for future projects. If possible, inside the program, a morning is spent inside a local school, visiting, observing, and cooperating in the realization of one or more lessons. The proposed program JUMP works, in European dimension and with an international spirit, at the local level and, according to the period of the training along the year and the weather, it is possible to change some sessions and add visits and meetings, in cooperation with our network of partners including schools involved in European projects).
WEEK DAILY SCHEDULE
Saturday or Sunday:
Arrival of participants, transfer and welcome. Lodging and logistic support. Depending on the arrival time the participants are helped to have a meal or fulfill any other need.
Monday morning session: 9:30-12:30
Meeting in the lobby of Villa Gabriella International, welcome, first briefing by the organizers, presentation of the team, logistics information, gadgets distribution and start of the program. Walking down to the city center. Outdoor team building game “The Mission Impossible in Soverato by JUMP”. Getting to know the important places of the city, orientation points, traditions and cultural elements, getting in contact with local citizens.
12:30 end of the morning activity
Free time for lunch or to enjoy the beach
Organized lift from the city center to the Villa.
Monday afternoon session: 15:00 – 17:00
“Experience Calabria. A place to live, a place to love”. Presentation of JUMP and of the most important cultural elements of the region. Participants are asked to present themselves quickly and introduce their school in a creative or digital way using the internet and our screen.
Dinner organized for all the groups in a local restaurant.
Tuesday morning session: 9:30-12:30
Meeting on the terrace of Villa Gabriella.
First outdoor ice breaking game to get to know each other and create a good working climate.
Division in small groups and start of the indoors or outdoor sessions with the JUMP trainer.
Introduction to Module 1: Why is linguistics important? and how can it improve our communication?
13:00 – 15:00 lunch break and free time
Tuesday afternoon session: 15:00 – 17:30 1st excursion to develop cultural knowledge, strengthen team building and socialization among participants.
“Walking tour to the old village of Soverato Superiore, visit to the Church of “La Pietà” of Gagini and exploring the narrow streets. Interacting with local people.
Free evening to enjoy the city center
Wednesday morning session: 9:30-12:30
Module 2: All the factors that influence language and its use. Sharing personal experiences with communication styles. Analogies and differences in different conversational styles.
Module 3: What does “Knowledge is Power” mean? How different conversational styles make or break relationships with others. (Create real dialogues between teachers and students, parents and children, men and women)
13:00 – 15:00 lunch break and free time
Wednesday afternoon session: 15:00 – 17:00
Module 4: Why is it fundamental to know Conversational Signals and Devices? (Aspects of conversational style and how we show what we mean when we say or don’t say something.
Free evening to enjoy the city center or rest.
Thursday morning session: 9:30-12:30
Module 5: Practical experience with intercultural communication in a local school. (trainee teachers practice with local students to make them aware of the importance of different conversational styles so they can improve and balance their everyday conversation)
13:00 – 15:00 lunch break and free time
Thursday afternoon is (usually) free time.
The staff will provide some suggestions for possible activities or excursions. For example to Catanzaro city, Capital of the region.
Friday morning session: 09:30 – 11:00 (shorter morning lesson).
Module 6: How to apply the week’s experience to your own teaching style.
11:00 free time to visit the local market which is nice and folkloristic.
On Friday – at an agreed time – usually in the afternoon – it’s organized as an excursion in a beautiful and unique old village with a final dinner. The staff enjoys it and there’s a professional guide with us.
Depending on the season the excursion starts in the morning or in the afternoon. From July to September it’s usually in the afternoon-evening for the high heat.
Saturday morning session: 09:30 – 12:00
Closing the course: Evaluation and delivery of formal certificates/Europass and admin documents.
Saturday afternoon:
Free time and last moments all the participants together for socialization.
Sunday:
Departure of participants.
The indicated times may suffer some changes depending on the season (earlier in the winter time and later in the summertime).
TRAINING MODULES
Module 1: Why is linguistics important? and how can it improve our communication?
Module 2: All the factors that influence language and its use. Sharing personal experiences with communication styles. Analogies and differences in different conversational styles.
Module 3: What does “Knowledge is Power” mean? How different conversational styles make or break relationships with others. (Create real dialogues between teachers and students, parents and children, men and women)
Module 4: Why is it fundamental to know Conversational Signals and Devices? (Aspects of conversational style and how we show what we mean when we say or don’t say something.
Module 5: Practical experience with intercultural communication in a local school. (trainee teachers practice with local students to make them aware of the importance of different conversational styles so they can improve and balance their everyday conversation)
Module 6: How to apply the week’s experience to your own teaching style.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of this course, teachers will have
- understood the importance of meaning in the communicative process and the role that context and so-called external variables play;
- known the meaningful connection between gender, power, and discrimination and the various factors that influence our language;
- explored the importance of a cross-cultural approach to analyzing different conversational styles in order to better understand what is behind individuals’ conversations;
- gained a greater awareness of communication and how conversational styles are influenced by gender as well as other cultural, social, and experiential factors;
- developed practical experience and skills to apply effectively intercultural communication according to different needs of the targets and contexts of work
certification details
JUMP certifies or 36 hours for 6 days course (6*6) or more if needed adding extra hours per day. Or 30 hours for a 5 days course (6*5).
The course can be also extended to a 2 weeks course with the options 10 days or 12 days course if asked and agreed, depending on the project of the sending organization.
10 days are excluded the weekend (5+5), 12 days are from Monday to Saturday morning (6+6).
At the end of the training, JUMP delivers a formal certificate of attendance and the team is at disposal to fill the Europass certification document according to the EU model template and other needed documents for reporting of the sending institution.
Certification details
Our courses are in line with the Erasmus+ Quality standards for courses under Key Action 1 (learning mobility of individuals)
Costs
The cost is fully covered by the Erasmus grant. Write to info@associazionejump.it to ask for information on costs and the services provided to plan your mobility project in Soverato with JUMP.
How to apply
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