Discursive Approaches in Language, Globalization, and Intercultural Studies

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This course offers a discourse-based approach and hands-on introduction to the field of Language, Globalization, and Intercultural Studies (LGIS), from the micro-level of interpersonal interaction to the macro-level of institutional practice. Through a series of readings and service learning projects in multicultural settings, students will hone their observational and analytic abilities, while gaining an appreciation of and facility for participating in the communicative diversity around them. Topics will include a repertoire approach to examining language in use, interpretation and metacommentary, and the possibility of intervention to facilitate new communicative patterns.