| Course Title: Business and Intercultural Communication in Chinese Society |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: This course, open to advanced learners of Chinese and native Chinese speakers, aims to develop crosscultural communication skills in an immersive environment. Students will examine discourse and behavioral patterns in daily and workplace interactions within the broader context of Chinese history, philosophy, and values. In addition to the core textbook, students will engage with a documentary film, business cases, and cultural exploration videos filmed in China. The supplementary readings feature essays by American university students reflecting on their experiences in China, along with selected works by Jonathan D. Spence that deepen historical and cultural understanding. Through cross-cultural projects, students will collaboratively research topics and critically compare Western assumptions with Chinese perspectives. By the end of the course, students will have strengthened both their conversational and written communication skills for academic and professional cross-cultural settings. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , LANG - Language , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Lisha Xu | lxu@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 009 | Weekly |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Fourth Hour of Class | Friday | 03:15PM - 04:05PM | CIRU - Ciruti | 009 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: ASIAN-311. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| EASIA0001 | EASIA: East Asian Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the East Asian Studies major. |
| ASIAN0001 | ASIAN: Asian Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Asian Studies minor. |
| CHNS-CRSE | ||
| EOS0002 | EOS-2: Organizations and Power | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor the Organizations and Power subject area |
| NXGBL0001 | NXGBL: Nexus in Global Business | This course is approved for the Global Business Nexus track. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 9 | Available: 9 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Acting Chinese An Intermediate-Advanced Course in Discourse and Behavioral Author: Tang, Yanfang Copyright: 2020 Edition: 1st Volume: ISBN: 9781138064621 Publisher: Routledge |
Required | 31.96 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at https://www.routledge.com/Acting-Chinese-An-Intermediate-Advanced-Cour |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: You can also order the e-book. You can also order on: Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Acting-Chinese-Intermediate-Advanced-Discourse- Behavioral/dp/1138064629/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= |