Language Studies for Intercultural Communication

Using English as a working language, this research-oriented master’s programme extends over a two-year period (4 semesters, 120 ECTS). The curriculum is broad in scope and includes a series of subjects which approach intercultural and interdisciplinary communication from a wider, macrolinguistic perspective. What are the variables of intercultural communication? How can they be investigated systematically? What does the negotiation of meaning and message between different ethnic communities entail? These as well as others are issues that Language Studies for Intercultural Communication addresses. Within this programme, both teaching and learning are based on heuristic and participatory methods aimed at involving the students in individual and team-based projects, creating opportunities to integrate theory with practice. The programme is designed to enable students to cope with cultural diversity and decode it in the spirit of cultural and linguistic relativism, in order to maximize the effectiveness of communication in different cultural and professional contexts.