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LOK 2106 University of Akureyri The undergraduate programme of the Department of Business Administration offers a course entitled Culture and Markets. The course deals with aspects of cultural life in Iceland, such as book publishing, music and theatre and relates them to the market. The role of culture in tourism is discussed as well as the marketing of culture in general. Reykjavik University In autumn 2004, the School of Business at Reykjavik University launched an undergraduate programme of business-related language study. The programme consists of the equivalent of 150 credits in business studies and 30 ECTS in either English or Spanish. The language courses are spread over the three-year study period, with about half of them taking place abroad. At the end of the study period, the students should have obtained either the Spanish diploma superior/básico or Certificate of Advanced English/Proficiency in English. In addition to the business and language elements, all students enrolled in the programme are required to take a course in international relations and intercultural communication skills. Hólar University College Hólar is a small, recently established university college which emphasis on the area of tourism and agricultural studies. The Tourism Faculty already offers, or is preparing to offer, a total of six courses which include aspects relating to different cultures and customs. Two of these focus on the culinary arts and their manifestations in different cultures, a field is obviously of considerable practical value, for example when preparing international meetings and conferences. Culture-related courses on offer at Hólar University College are as follows: Service and Quality begins autumn 2005 and has an emphasis on the need for services to adapt to different customs and cultures. Catering and restaurants is a course where the students are trained in the importance of recognising cultural variation (awareness) to study culturerelated differences pertaining to food customs and composition (knowledge) and to be able to put this knowledge to practical use when receiving tourists from other countries (skills). 23 Steinunn Aðalbjarnardóttir
LOK 2106 University of Akureyri Culinary arts and culture. The main part of the course deals with cultural influences, e.g. with respect to religion and customs on the culinary habits of nations and communities and how this impacts upon the operations of tourist services. Intercultural workshop (in preparation) From 2006 a regular workshop course for third year students on intercultural communication is envisaged. The Tourism Faculty offers two additional culture-related courses, which are more inward looking and deals with the Icelandic culture and tourism. A seminar on culture and tourism focuses on the dynamic between cultures, such as the relationship of Icelandic culture to other cultures as manifested through cultural influences such as immigration, emigration and tourism as well as cultural exchange in commerce, arts and sciences. 2.3.8 Continuing Education - University of Iceland Foreign trade, economic geography and business procedures is a course in Marketing and exporting studies programme. In the course the students study regions, which are important in international business and learn about the economic, politic and cultural factors that influence business across borders. Continuing Education offers a diverse course for college teachers who will teach Icelandic as a second language. The course is intended to make the teachers more aware of diverse ways in assessment, making curriculum and cross-cultural teaching having integration of subjects in mind. Teaching immigrants in colleges is a course for college teachers as well as head masters (Continuing Education, 2005). 2.3.9 Colleges – Questionnaire to language teachers A questionnaire was sent by e-mail to all language teachers in 28 colleges in Iceland, total of 273 teachers: 110 English teachers, 61 Danish teachers, 49 German teachers, 31 French teachers, 17 Spanish teachers, 2 Italian teachers and 1 Russian teacher. The gender division of the teachers was 71 male and 202 female. 24 Steinunn Aðalbjarnardóttir
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