What do Simpson students gain from Intercultural Communication?
Engaged citizenship on a global level includes communicating with others across cultural and linguistic lines. Courses in this category are designed to put students in direct contact with speakers of languages other than their own. Cultural information and experiences will be shared through the medium of a non-native language.
Intercultural Communication courses are not focused on achieving language competency, but rather on learning through experience. In these courses, it is the experience of communicating with people using a non-native language that brings expanded cultural and linguistic understanding. Since intercultural communication is a daily reality for much of the earth’s population, this requirement allows students to understand the world through the eyes and words of others. Students analyze and reflect on the value of using multiple linguistic resources to access other cultural views. As a result, students gain new perspectives on their own culture.
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