Dept. of Communication and Languages

KSP022 English, Optional Course I 7.5 ECTS credits

DENNA SIDA FINNS OCKSÅ PÅ SVENSKA

General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: T 5

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Gunilla Asplund Univ adj

PREREQUISITES
To have passed the courses KSP011 and KSP012 or KSP013.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to: - develop the students' own spoken language when different situations occur, where great importance is attached to the communicative part - provide the students with knowledge of how different methods of teaching in language education can take care of the different needs and interests of children - provide the students with knowledge about different strategies that pupils/ children use when acquiring a new language - provide the students with a picture of how people in different English- speaking countries live. - provide the students with larger and more active vocabularies through literature reading - learn the grammatical part of the language in a natural way through text reading and translation exercises - study different typesÊof texts to give a more varied and true picture of English usage today. - illustrate how different types of literary works can be used when working with children through reading English literature - use the computer as an aid in language education

CONTENTS
Literature from the field of language with the emphasis on literature for children and young people Cultural studies Oral and written communication Didactics, grammar, phonetics Here the student should receive knowledge about: - phonetic transcription, intonation/pronunciation - varieties of pronunciation in the English language - special difficulties in English pronunciation

TEACHING
Communicative exercises in speech and writing Working individually and in groups Seminars which are combined with practical exercise examples Group discussions If possible, a native teacher should be involved in teaching the course

EXAMINATION
The students will be graded on both oral and written assignments, that will be carried out individually and in groups. Active participation in the course is expected.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: Fail, Pass

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
                                                            	7.5 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Jones, D (1988)Everyman«s English pronouncing dictionary London: Dent Magorian, M (1983) Good Night Mr Tom Harmondsworth: Penguin Svartvik, J (1992) Modern engelsk grammatik Solna: Almqvist & Wiksell Nordstedts Engelsk/Svenska ordbok (1992) Nordstedts Svensk/Engelska ordbok (1992) Valfri engelsk litteratur (ca 250 sidor) Kopierat material

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