Competency Profiles as Basis for Course Design of the MA in Transformational Urban
Course: TUL505 TUL505 Language and Culture Learning

Competency Skill Knowledge Value Character
362
Learning the culture of family and work Daily note and diagram core Understand essential cultural Incarnational entry to a Sensitivity & Adaptability

related social relationships cultural values, aspirations and analysis tools for understanding culture - Hanging out in

structural elements including social, economic, family, the community as a

kinship, authority, decision- decisionmaking etc. processes means of entering into

making, in-group/ out-group etc the cultural mindset

through living n the

community and reflecting on
37
Able to analyse own culture Able to analyse a culture Cultural Analysis frameworks, Love of own culture Strong self-identity

Major elements of own cultural

values and structure
47
Can see into another culture with Entrance into, relationship to anthropological approaches to Values an emic approach

anthropological eyes people of another culture, skills culture analysis

in cultural analysis
38
Student conscious of own ethnocentricity Able to identify ethnocentric Analysis of ethnocentric Avoidance of Appropriately others-centred

tendencies tendencies withi own's own culture
259
Has love of own culture Can write about historic Knows core cultural elements and Values strong cultural Awareness of context

formation of own culture heritage identity
40
Respects other cultures Biblical Basis for respect for all Respect for other Open to Reason (James
41
Identified with an Commitment to the Compassion

oppressed/disenfranchised cultural group oppressed
45
Relates comfortably to a cross cultural Cross-cultural team experience Empathy
85
Experience in community-based cross Experience in cross-cultural

cultural living community
91
Knows the host culture Able to graph on one page Cultural analysis theory

primary characteristics,

values, norms and social

structures of host culture
244
Able to quickly learn basics of target Brewsters initial language Initial language learning

language learning techniques
92
Willing to identify with the host culture Crucial areas of identification in Application of the cross Seeks to die to self

host culture. to strongly held cultural
93
Practices initial language learning skills Continuous learner of new Brewsters techniques of daily Hardworking (2 Tim 2:4)

language language learning
94
Knows how to manage culture shock Has sufficient self-knowledge Comprehensive understanding of Patience (Gal 5:22,23)

to moderate effects of culture nature, causes and cures for

shock to manageable levels culture shock
124
Values all without racial prejudice Affirmative of all people Nature of racial prejudice, Biblical The worth of each Impartiality (James 3:17)

responses individual; the value of

common grace in each

culture
125
Willing to be incarnational in lifestyle; Adaptation of clothing , food To become all things to all Humility (James 3:17)

clothing, food &externals and living conditions to a host men
126
Confronts cross-cultural communication Identifies and discusses Cross-Cultural conflict resolution Patience (Gal 5:22,23)

problems communications difficulties

cross-culturally

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