Fakta
Informasjon er oppdatert av Universitetet i Stavanger
20. februar 2025.
Om studiet
In today's multicultural world, our learners will need foreign language skills more than ever and English is particularly important in this regard. Today's language learners may be required to use English in their education, work, and leisure. In order to equip them properly, English teachers working in the Norwegian school system must have the necessary knowledge of English as a school subject and the skills to teach it in a way that learners find motivating and meaningful. In addition, teachers should be able to support their students as they become more autonomous in their language learning.
Emnekode: VEN101 (15 studiepoeng)
Through this course the students will gain insight into how the basic skills - to be able to express oneself orally, to read, to express oneself in writing, to count and to use digital tools - are an integrated part of English instruction, so that they will be prepared to differentiate instruction and teaching for pupils in grades 1-7. This course will also focus on English phonetics and phonology, aiming to give the students a good grounding in English phonology, as well as to provide them with the principles and practical activities for working on elements of English pronunciation in the English classroom.
It is expected that students will use every opportunity to practice and to use English throughout the course.
Students will also have the opportunity to attend course sessions at the Norwegian Study Centre in York. For those unable to attend separate coursework (readings and an assignment) will be given.
Content areas in the course:
- Theories of and research on language learning
- English phonetics and phonology
- Teaching pronunciation
- Teaching vocabulary
- The curriculum, The European Language Portfolio, EPOSTL
- Assessment and feedback
- Task based learning
This course is assessed based on:
- an individual English phonetics and phonology exam
- an individual paper based on in-depth research on a topic. This is based on a common research question decided on by a group of 3-5 students.