Study plan - English One Year Course

The study programme aims to provide a broad knowledge of English language, literature and culture from Britain, the US and other English-speaking countries. The study programme offers insight into a variety of literary genres as well as other cultural expressions, and focuses on relevant historical and societal contexts of production and reception. The study programme further includes courses on English grammar, phonetics, phonology and the history of the English language. The programme aims to train the students' written and oral skills, including academic writing.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

On successful completion of the study, students should have knowledge of

• English-speaking literature and other cultural expressions from around the world, with historical and societal contexts of production and reception
• literary genres and devices, as well as visual and multimodal expressions of meaning
• grammar and phonetics in English
• history of the English language as well as varieties of English

Skills

On successful completion of the study, students should be able to

• analyse literary texts and other cultural expressions employing knowledge about genres, literary devices and other expressions of meaning, as well as placing and discussing historical and societal contexts of production and reception
• analyse English language use and employ grammatical and phonetic terminology
• use English orally and in writing according to topic, context and recipient, including in academic texts

General competence

On successful completion of the study, students should be able to

• communicate orally and written in English according to topic, context and recipient, including in academic texts
• plan and carry out individual assignments in accordance with academic requirements and principles

Content

The study programme consists of four courses, each comprising 15 study points (ECTS):

In the autumn term (August-December):

• English linguistics 1
• English-speaking literature with history and culture 1

In the spring term (January-June):

• English linguistics 2
• English-speaking literature with history and culture 2

Practice

For those who do Didactics, a two week period of teaching practice is obligatory in the spring term (10 teaching hours and 4 hours exchange with practice teacher).

Teaching

Teaching will consist of lectures, seminars, group work and individual work. The course requires systematic work with reading, tasks and exercises, and active participation in class. English is both the target language and the language of instruction, and all learning activities are in English. This offers invaluable language practice, and through active involvement in learning activities students will apply both language skills and knowledge of course content. The learning platform Canvas will be used to relay information, communicate with students and provide feedback on student work.

Assessment

Each course in the study requires different compulsory learning activities which have to be approved before the student is allowed to sit the exam. Information about these can be found in the course plan for each course.

The final assessment in each course is as follows:

• English linguistics 1: Written school exam, 6 hours
• English-language literature with history and culture 1: Oral exam
• English linguistics 2: Semester paper
• English-language literature with history and culture 2: Written school exam, 6 hours

Internationalization

The study includes a one-week stay at the Norwegian Study Centre, the University of York in the autumn term. The stay is not mandatory, and there will be alternative learning activities for those who are not going to York. Travel expenses, accommodation and course fees are paid by the students. Read more here: https://www.york.ac.uk/nsc/short-courses/.

The study is open for incoming exchange students.

Organization

Campus Sogndal full-time