Workshop "Cultural diversity and how to deal with it"
Is it enough to put our ideas in English clearly, intelligibly, and even with style when dealing with international partners? Does only speaking “good” English bring about long-lasting relationships? This ability is to a large extent determined by our awareness of the culture we are dealing with. Imagine, you have a 20-minute break to build a lasting and fruitful business relationship with several designated partners. How to begin a conversation and end it leaving a memorable impression? How to make the next appointment? We are inviting you to discuss these and other questions at the workshop. We will introduce you to key world business cultures, focus on the potential cultural clashes between them, and suggest safe communicative strategies to avoid a communication collapse. Together with you, we will define the critically important stages of a successful networking conversation and train cautious language and attitudes.
Speaker: Tatiana Skopintseva, Ph.D. (Kandidat Nauk), Associate Professor, is currently Chair of the Humanities and Languages Department at New Economic School in Moscow. Before joining NES, she worked at the Department of English Phonetics at MSLU. Tatiana is an IREX scholar exchange program alumna, a frequent speaker at international conferences (IATEFL, ASIATEFL, HAAL) and an invited speaker and teacher-trainer for Russian Universities. Her areas of expertise include phonetics and phonology, EAP, ESP, ELF, EMI; English accent and pronunciation, diction, fluency, and public speaking.
Target audience: HSE teachers, researchers, and graduate students
Language: English
Date & Time: December 3, 17:30 - 19:30
Location: online