Upon completing this 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

Jackson, J. (2014). Introducing language and intercultural communication: Routledge.