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1. CCT200: Intercultural Communication Why Study Intercultural Communication? Rhon Teruelle Class #1 – September 10, 2012 CCT200 Week #1: RT 1

2. Contact Information Rhon Teruelle E-mail: rhon.teruelle@sheridanc.on.ca Tel: (905) 845-9430 ext. 32282 Office Hours: Room J310a, Mon. 12-1pm. or by appointment. TA: Jeremy Fernie E-mail: jeremy.fernie1@sheridanc.on.ca Office Hours: In lab. Course site: http://cct200fall2012.wikispaces.com 2 CCT200 Week #1: RT

3. AGENDA Part I (Introductions) Part II (Syllabus) Part III (Chapter 1) CCT200 Week #1: RT 3

4. Pamela J. Cooper, PhD • Current position: Professor at University of South Carolina – Beaufort • Liberal Studies Department – Director, QEP (Quality Enhancement Plan) – focus on speech • PhD from Purdue University, 1977 CCT200 Week #1: RT 4

5. Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, PhD • Current position: Associate Professor at Indiana University - Bloomington • Department of Communication and Culture – Director, Preparing Future Faculty - focus on African American public discourse and intercultural communication • PhD from Indiana University CCT200 Week #1: RT 5

6. Cheri J. Simonds, PhD • Current position: Professor at Illinois State University • Department of Communication – Director, Communication as Critical Inquiry - focus on education, teacher-student relations and challenges • PhD from University of Oklahoma CCT200 Week #1: RT 6

7. Chapter 1 • The world is small and, in many respects, getting smaller. • We now have the ability through travel, through the Internet, or by simply staying in our own communities, to come in contact with persons from all over the world. 7 CCT200 Week #1: RT

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9. Communication is…. • a transactional process. • symbolic. • continuous. • irreversible and unrepeatable. 9 CCT200 Week #1: RT

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12. What is Culture? • Has several different meanings. • Collective answer to: Who am I? How should I live my life? Where do I fit in the world? • Set of values and beliefs, norms and customs, and rules and codes that socially defines a group of people, binds them to one another, and gives them a sense of commonality. 12 CCT200 Week #1: RT

13. Culture • affects our perceptions. • affects our verbal and nonverbal language. • affects our worldview. • affects our identity. • is affected by and affects communication. 13 CCT200 Week #1: RT

14. What is Intercultural Communication? • occurs whenever a minimum of two persons from different cultures or microcultures come together and exchange verbal and nonverbal symbols. • is contextual. 14 CCT200 Week #1: RT

15. Fisher’s Narrative Paradigm • Humans are storytellers. • Decision making and communication are based on “good reasons.” • Good reasons are determined by matters of history, biography, culture and character. • Rationality is based in people’s awareness of how internally consistent and truthful to lived experience stories appear. • The world is experienced by people as a set of stories from which to choose among. As we choose among these stories, we live life in a process of continual re-creation. 15 CCT200 Week #1: RT

16. How Can I Do Well In This Class? • Attend all lectures and tutorials. • Do all my readings. • Engage with ALL the required material. • Pay attention and take good notes in lectures and tutorials. Again, a minimum of 20% of both tests will be comprised of things said in lecture that may or may not appear in the powerpoint presentations! • Participate to the best of my ability. 16 CCT200 Week #1: RT

17. Questions or comments 17 CCT200 Week #1: RT