Inclusive communication

Timetable

IMPORTANT

This course lasts 7 weeks. Classes take place on Fridays, 13:15-14:45 room 211 in the building of Collegium Heliodori (ul. Grunwaldzka 6). 

CLASSES TAKE PLACE ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS:

• October 13, 20, 27
• November 10, 17, 24 
• December 1

You can miss no more than 2 classes, so make sure you are able to attend the course when signing up. If you miss 3 classes or more you will not get a grade for this course. 

The timerable for the class will be available in USOS and at https://anglistyka.amu.edu.pl/ 

Module aim (aims)

This short course develops your awareness of how language choices affect communication, particularly with disadvantaged groups and in healthcare contexts. We will look at different communicative needs and decide how to address them, learn some basic principles of good communication in speech and writing, and lay the groundwork to establish good communicative habits. The class requires you to conduct and submit a project to receive a grade. 

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Very good knowledge of English in speech and writing. The course requires active participation and completion of a final project.  

Syllabus

What makes communication inclusive and to whom

Introduction to cognitive frame theory

Frame analysis in healthcare

Wheaton’s law: inclusive communication in practice

Conceptual metaphor and blending theories

Pragmatics of inclusive communication: language and gesture

Five standards for inclusive communication

Reading list

- Jonathan Rix (2015) Must Inclusion be Special? Rethinking Educational Support Within a Community of Provision. Current Debates in Educational Psychology 

- George Rupp (2015)  Beyond Individualism: The Challenge of Inclusive Communities. Columbia University Press 

-  Kat Holmes, John Maeda (2018). Mismatch: How Inclusion Shapes Design. Mit Press