Reading list

Language in Practice

Språk i praktiken

Course
SPL251
Second cycle
15 credits (ECTS)

About the Reading list

Valid from
Autumn semester 2026 (2026-08-31)
Decision date
2026-06-10

Mandatory literature

Deardorff, Carla K. (2011) “Assessing Intercultural Competence”. New Directions for Instututional Research, no. 149.

Holmes, Janet. (2017) “Intercultural Communication in the Workplace” in The Routledge Handbook of Language in the Workplace, chapter 27, pp 335-347.

Piller, Ingrid. (2007) “Linguistics and Intercultural Communication”. Language and Linguistic Compass, vol. 1, nr 3, pp. 208-226. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749818X.2007.00012.x/abstract

Trenholm, Sarah. (2018) ”Intercultural Communication” in Thinking through Communication, chapter 12, pp. 321-344.

Primecz, Henriett; Romani, Laurence & Sackmann, Sonja (ed.). (2011) Cross-cultural management in practice: culture and negotiated meanings. Cheltenham; Northamptom: Edward Elgar, chapter 12.

Students should also find at least two texts to read and quote. The titles of these texts should be sent to the teacher through the university learning platform.


Reference literature

Lustig, Myron W & Koester, Jolene. (2006) Intercultural Competence: Interpersonal Communication across Cultures. Pearson Education, 2006.

Piller, Ingrid, Intercultural communication: a critical introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2011.