By the end of the course, students should have achieved the following objectives: 1. To learn more about themselves including their values, beliefs, communication styles, attitudes toward different accents; 2. To challenge their own assumptions and preconceived notions about other worldviews and ways of being; 3. To develop a deep understanding of core issues related to language and the intercultural communication process that are linked to real-life examples from around the word; 4. To develop an awareness of the cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions of intercultural communicative competence and the qualities associated with global citizenship 5. To design a course syllabus that aims at raising intercultural awareness

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