Oral English in Theory and Practice

Education facts

Code: EN1221

The course is aimed at future teachers of English and focuses on the development of the course participants' oral language proficiency in English. The proficiency training mainly consists of conversation exercises that take their starting point in theoretical texts about phonetics and pronunciation in English from a didactic perspective. The students partly practice reading and using phonetic transcription themselves, partly transforming their theoretical knowledge into concrete teaching situations. The course also gives an introduction to important standard varieties of English. The course has scheduled online classes.

Entry requirements

In addition to general entry requirements, i.e. Swedish 3/Swedish as second language 3/TISUS and English 6/IELTS 6.5/TOEFL 580 in all parts, the following is required for admission to the course: completed introductory course in English 1-30 credits or the equivalent, and completed intermediate course 31-60 credits or the 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.

• Oral English in Theory and Practice

  University of Gothenburg

  Ortsoberoende

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 6 June 2027

  Pace of study: 25 %