Cross Cultural Negotiations

Brief description of the aim of the course; Discussion of syllabus; Brief explanation about how the course will serve to train the students as interpreters; Explanation of what is expected from the students, what the instructors responsibilities are, how they should prepare for the course.

Dealing with the concepts of cross cultural interaction, communication, negotiation; Lecture about the scope, aim, and necessity of grounding in the concepts of cross cultural interaction, communication and negotiation. The central questions are: Why study communication? Can negotiation techniques and know how of communication and negotiation concepts and processes and procedures be applied to interpreting practice? What should such an approach include? Discussions about the nature of cross cultural communication, negotiation etc.

Platforms for cross cultural interaction; Case studies in different discourse contexts; platforms for cross cultural interaction, international organizations, multinational firms, supranational platforms etc.; Analysis of different points of view of different cultures on similar issues: attentive listening, discourse analysis, anticipation, stereotyping (advantages and pitfalls), understanding text discourses, following logical and linguistic links etc.; Study of classical examples from the printed press and the audio-visual media (i.e: how Turkish channels and foreign channels deal with the issue of the day, how different channels of the same culture deal with the issue. Understanding local vs. global ‘politics’)

Case study in differing discourse contexts

Oral presentations on case studies by students

Understanding, critically analyzing situational, social, financial, political concerns governing negotiation and interaction; Dealing with texts and authors on diverse issues: -Clash of ideas vs. clash of ideals -Thinking in terms of the speaker -Text, logic and analytical analysis of discourse -Grounding in terminology -Research procedures for better understanding, level of comprehension

Midterm - MOCK CONFERENCE 1

Dealing with spoken discourse vs. written discourse; Practice session with written texts and speeches on similar subjects

Special emphasis on the differences and commonalities between written and spoken discourse, understanding implicature (linguistic techniques), Practice session with written texts and speeches on similar subjects

Research and analysis in various technical or specialized fields of study - Examples of text analysis, communication skills, pragmatics/discourse studies etc.

Understanding importance of non-verbal communication skills, pragmatics/discourse studies etc. and etiquette

Models and applications used for analysis of interpreting; discussion of research findings that have a bearing on interpretation like cognitive, psycholinguistic.; Practice session with text, discourse, speaker analysis. With special emphasis on students background research and use of terminology and discourse.

Models and applications used for analysis of interpreting; discussion of research findings that have a bearing on interpretation like sociolinguistic paradigms and communication and discourse studies; Practice session with text, discourse, speaker analysis. With special emphasis on students background research and use of terminology and discourse.

Final - MOCK CONFERENCE 2