EDID4001 – Quality English Teaching
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
The course gives you insight into quality teaching in English as a school subject in Norway. Based on observations of English lessons in Norwegian secondary schools, we discuss elements of quality teaching in English.
You will get the opportunity to explore how teachers teach a variety of topics within the English school subject, and how classroom practices align with research in English didactics. Collective workshops and individual study will form a basis from which you can develop your practice-based and research-informed English teacher professionalism.
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you should have acquired:
Knowledge about
- teaching methods and classroom practices in the English school subject
- successful teaching in the English classroom
- the application of English topics in the classroom
- teaching and learning in English as a second language
Skills to
- analyse and assess quality in English teaching practices
- reflect on own and others’ English teaching
- carry out systematic observations of English teaching practices using observation data
- present and/or write scientific reports on English teaching
- develop research questions and research designs in English as a school subject
Competence to
- continuously develop your English teacher professionalism
- apply research-based knowledge in the development of your English teaching practices
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
Admission to the specialisation in English didactics is required.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Admission requires having passed PROF1015 – Profesjonsidentitet, l?ring og undervisning, PROF3025 – Ledelse av elevers l?ring and PROF4045 – Tilrettelegging for elevers l?ring.
Teaching
The course offers 28 hours of teaching during the semester. Student activities include data analysis workshops and oral presentations. Course reading is set to approximately 650 pages. Student work is supervised throughout the course.
Students are expected to meet prepared for teaching activities, and take responsibility for individual study of course reading. Participation in group discussions is a condition for acquiring the relevant competence to complete the course.
If there are fewer than 5 students signed up for the course, alternative teaching activities adjusted to the size of the group might be offered.
Compulsory components:
- Data analysis of a recorded English lesson (audio or video)
- An oral presentation of a classroom observation from an English lesson (filmed or live)
- To provide feedback to an assigned student paper and/or presentation
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Students have to be enrolled for the course to attend classes.
Examination
The exam is an individual student lecture ("pr?veforelesning") on a chosen topic of classroom observation. The lecture includes presentation of results from data analysis, as well as relevant literature from the course reading. The lecture is held to the course teacher and other students, but will also be open to an external audience.
The three obligatory assignments need to be passed to be able to perform the student lecture for the exam.
Language of examination
The examination is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.