Thursday, 26th May 2016, 9.30 am\u201312.30 pm. \u00a0Location: 27\/3057, Highfield Campus. \u00a0Tea & coffee provided.<\/p>\n
There is no charge for this workshop.<\/p>\n
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Target audience<\/strong>:\u00a0 Professional Services staff. Maximum \u00a0of 20 participants. Please register your interest by emailing intercultural@soton.ac.uk<\/a> with \u2018DCA\u2019 in the subject line.\u00a0 Please include your role and department.\u00a0 We\u2019ll contact you when we have a confirmed date to check if you would like to attend.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Outline<\/strong>:\u00a0 This is an interactive workshop in which we\u2019ll explore what makes some intercultural encounters more successful than others. \u00a0We\u2019ll reflect on how expectations affect communication, including stereotyping and conventions such as punctuality and politeness. \u00a0Finally, we\u2019ll learn some simple ways to adjust how we speak and write so that our communication is more effective. \u00a0Throughout the workshop you\u2019ll be able to share your ideas, experience and examples of good practice with your colleagues.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This workshop has previously been run with staff from Student and Academic Administration with excellent feedback:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cVery good event to raise awareness and share ideas with staff from other areas of the uni\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think every member of staff should go to this session!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Led by Jill Doubleday, Modern Languages and Alison Dickens, LLAS (Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies) as part of the Intercultural Connections Southampton project <\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jill Doubleday<\/a> has 15 years\u2019 experience of teaching English to international students and is studying for a PhD in the field of internationalisation of higher education.<\/p>\n Alison Dickens<\/a>\u00a0currently directs the LLAS academic development programme and develops and delivers training in a number of areas including e-learning, language teaching and internationalisation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thursday, 26th May 2016, 9.30 am\u201312.30 pm. \u00a0Location: 27\/3057, Highfield Campus. \u00a0Tea & coffee provided. There is no charge for this workshop. Target audience:\u00a0 Professional Services staff. Maximum \u00a0of 20 participants. Please register your interest by emailing intercultural@soton.ac.uk with … Continue reading