WLC 301 PREPARING FOR SEMESTER ABROAD
With the guidance of a member of the Department of World Languages and Cultures, in this course, majors and minors in the department will prepare for their semester abroad by: a) establishing their personal academic, cultural awareness and personal growth goals for their semester abroad; b) considering the implications of longer-term options for study/residence abroad during or beyond college; c) analyzing representations of the target cultures and their own home culture that appear in various texts – written and visual; d) identifying potential cultural differences that they will encounter in verbal and nonverbal communication; e) analyzing examples of cultural conventions within a variety of contexts; and f) preparing academically, linguistically and personally for the semester abroad. This class meets once a week during the second half of the semester. Taught in English.
Prerequisite
Acceptance into an Elon semester study abroad program for the following semester
Course Outcomes
- a) Demonstrate an understanding of themselves as culturally-situated beings and of the concept of cultural-situatedness.
b) Establish their personal academic, cultural awareness, and personal growth goals for their semester abroad.
c) Be able to reflect on and analyze representations of the target cultures and the home culture that appear in various texts – written and visual.
e) Identify potential cultural differences that they will encounter in verbal and nonverbal communication and reflect on strategies for navigating those differences.
f) Be able to analyze examples of cultural conventions within a variety of contexts.