English for upper primary school teachers

Education facts

Code: LPGG15

The course is designed to connect the students' own learning to their future teaching in upper primary school in each course component. The course comprises the following components: Module 1 Culture, Media, and Society, 7.5 ECTS cr - Different types of texts, e.g. children's literature and the media, suitable for stimulating young learners' language development - Glimpses of cultural, media-related, and societal phenomena in English-speaking regions - Application of knowledge of cultural phenomena in English-speaking regions in the planning of teaching situations, partly involving ICT - Oral and written communicative skills training Module 2 Pronunciation and Oral Proficiency, 7.5 ECTS cr - Survey of English phonology with exercises in pronunciation and phonetic transcription - Survey of pronunciation variants in English - Common pronunciation problems and ways of overcoming them - Oral communication skills training Module 3 Grammar and Written Proficiency, 7.5 ECTS cr - Basic grammatical concepts and the main features of English syntax in theory and practice - Writing skills in theory and practice - Grammar exercises - Ways of integrating grammar in teaching adapted to learner levels Module 4 Language Acquisition in Theory and Practice, 7.5 ECTS cr - The main features of some seminal language acquisition theories and approaches to language and their relation to school objectives and the teaching of English - Methods for transforming knowledge into varied and stimulating teaching based on different aesthetic and playful learning strategies - Methods for testing and assessing learners' linguistic competence and for planning their continued development - Literature preferences and forms of study, for instance in relation to gender

Entry requirements

Completed courses Educational tools for teachers, 6 ECTS credits, School as system and idea - primary education, 9 ECTS credits, Teachers' pedagogical approach - primary education,15 ECTS credits, and Swedish for teaching in grades 4-6, 30 ECTS credits, or equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• English for upper primary school teachers

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 100 %