2013-2014

Spring 2014

 

English Studies and Education: Language Teaching and Assessment (EN 422B/432B) - Emphasizes didactics, assessment, self-assessment, and alternative assessment for the teaching of English for grades K-6.

 

English Studies and Education: Texts, Communication and Language Knowledge (EN 431B) - Focuses on the development of English grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation skills and pedagogy that aligns with the Swedish national curriculum for grade 4-6.

 

Text, Culture, and Language (EN 424C) - Overview of sociolinguistic factors affecting language learning and use including gender, class, region and ethnicity with an emphasis on corpus-based research and the writing of an annotated bibliography.

 

Language Development and Language Teaching (EN 403C/407C/414C) - Introduces theories and educational movements for language teaching, analysis of learner texts, and lesson planning for second semester pre-service teachers preparing to teach at the secondary (grades 7/9) and upper secondary levels (grades 10-12) with English as their first, second or third subject of specialization.

 

Student Teaching Supervision (VFU) - Mentoring and classroom observation of student teaching by second semester students specializing in teaching English at the secondary (grades 7/9) and upper secondary levels (grades 10-12).

 

Fall 2013

 

English Studies and Education: Communication and Language Knowledge (EN 421B) - Introduces pre/services Kindergarten to grade 3 teachers to theories of language development and different types of texts for the purpose of teaching English in accordance to the Swedish national curriculum in the early grades.

 

English for Teachers (1-6) (KS 246F) - Course for in-service grades 1-6 teachers that emphasizes the teaching of English grammar, pronunciation and words and phrases in accordance with the Swedish national curriculum.

 

Independent Project (LL 204G) - Supervision and examination of undergraduate research syntheses for students specializing in teaching English.

 

Degree Project - Supervision and examination of undergraduate bachelor theses for students specializing in teaching English at the secondary (grades 7-9) and upper secondary levels (grades 10-12).