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EduSinglePage
Course offered as a part of a programme
Course, master’s level
7.5 credits
Malmö | daytime | 50%
1 September 2025 - 14 December 2025
Code for the course: EL612E
This course is offered as part of programme:
Course content
Students will deepen their knowledge and awareness of the English phonological system, with a focus pronunciation teaching, as well as the structure and representation of English words, with a focus on strategies for vocabulary teaching, including the use of corpora.
The course covers the fundamentals of the English sound system (phonetics and phonology) and English morphology. Students will learn how to use an awareness of the English phonological system to help pupils improve their own reception and production of speech and strategies for stimulating learning and acquisition of vocabulary in the classroom, as well as how to use corpora to investigate word use in authentic contexts.
Entry requirements
Degree of Bachelor in education, social sciences or the humanities, including 15 credits from an independent project, and the equivalent of Swedish secondary school English 6.
Alternatively,
A professional qualification specializing in teaching that comprises 180 credits, of which 15 credits from an independent project, and the equivalent of Swedish secondary school English 6.
Course literature
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