MIC goals and learning outcomes

With the rapid increase of internationalism throughout the personal, corporate, and public spheres of societies, communication in a foreign language and intercultural communication skills are required more and more often at a level of proficiency which presupposes active, creative and professionally-oriented use of the foreign language in a variety of socio-cultural contexts both in the home country and abroad.

The overall aims of the Multilingual Intercultural Competence (MIC) are

To enhance students’ intercultural competence and internationalisation required from all graduates
To build students’ confidence and expertise in intercultural communication
To encourage students to build and use their multilingual competence
To encourage students to participate in multilingual and intercultural groups and dyads
To offer an alternative for non-mobile students and supplementary studies for mobile students
To offer a coherent structure for recording competences related to intercultural communication, multiculturalism, and multilingualism in a format that better demonstrates what a graduate knows, understands, and can do

On completion of the MIC, the students are expected to:

be aware of different aspects of cultural diversity
be able to understand and respect cultural and linguistic diversity
recognise and understand major issues and phenomena in the areas of intercultural communication, multiculturalism, and multilingualism
be able to understand and analyse how culture, communication, and language are connected
be able to analyse one’s own communication, emotional and cognitive reactions, and behaviour from a cultural perspective
have gained communicative competence in at least two foreign languages
be able to adapt to different communication styles in different languages, e.g. to take account of the linguistic repertoire of their various communication partners in bi- and multilingual groups and use translanguaging for communicative effectiveness

When a student has completed 25 ECTS of different studies that support the internationalization process (s)he may apply to Movi for a certificate of Multilingual Intercultural Competence. For more information, please contact lotta.o.kokkonen@jyu.fi.