Course syllabus

Welcome to English l for Teacher Education Students at Dalarna University!

This course is based in Falun with most of your lessons taking place online. Occasionally, recorded material will be offered via our learning platform with all digital meetings held via Zoom.

• For new teacher program students: There will be a course introduction on Monday, 31st August, at 13.30 - 14.30 in room C319 on campus in Falun.  From 14.30 - 16.00 there will be information and practical activities focusing on language didactics (språkdidaktik), in room C319 on campus in Falun.
• For students continuing the teacher program with studies in English as a second subject: There will be a course introduction on Zoom, Thursday, 3rd September, at 11:30 am. Zoom link https://du-se.zoom.us/j/64731245123  

During this course you will study the following modules (delkurser):

• • Introduction to Academic English (GEN35D) - 6 credits
  • The Structure of Modern English (GEN2VF) - 9 credits
  • Literature In English - 9 credits 
  • Language Learning and Teaching (Språkdidaktik) - 6 credits 

Here is an overall timetable for GEN379. This timetable includes seminar times and other information for all four (4) courses. NOTE: this is version corrects the Literature in English seminars to match the overview of course weeks document and the schedule for the English literature seminars English 1 Timetable for Teacher Students (latest revision 29 AUGUST correction to Literature seminars).xlsx 

A preliminary weekly overview for GEN379 is available here GEN379 OVERVIEW OF COURSE WEEKS, SEMINARS AND EXAMINATIONS AUTUMN 2026 (Revised 26-08-24).docx

Read the Course Syllabus for information about course learning outcomes, assessment, grading and course content.

Make sure you have access to course literature before your the start of your courses. (See the Reading List below for information about all course literature). Keep watching this page for more information.

Questions about språkdidaktik or the whole GEN379 course? Send an email to the course coordinator, Marcia Markus, mmk@du.se  

Information about the English Literature module. 

• To access the schedule for the English Literature Module,  click on Modules here to the left of this page.
• You can access course material in Modules under the module heading "Literature in English Module."   

Any questions regarding the literature module, please email Anita Purcell-Sjölund, aps@du.se 

Literature in English Texts

• • Itäranta, E. (2015). Memory of Water 
  • Jiang, A. (2023). I Am AI (1st ed.). Shortwave Media. Available in the course room
  • Orwell, G. (2021). Nineteen Eighty-Four. New York: Harper Collins ( or any edition).
  • Padmanabhan, M. (2003). Harvest (1st ed.). Available in the course room
  • Park, S. (2012). When My Name was Keoko (1st ed.). U.S.A.: Clarion Books. (or any edition)

Information about the Introduction to Academic English module. 

• You can access course material in Modules under the module heading "Introduction to Academic English."   
• Any questions regarding the module, please email Miguel Garcia-Yeste, mgy@du.se 

Information about the Introduction to The Structure of Modern English module. 

• You can access course material in Modules under the module heading "Introduction to The Structure of Modern English"   
• Any questions regarding the module, please email Konstantin Andreev, kan@du.se 

	Course Syllabus			Contact information
	Reading List			Marcia Markus Course Coordinator/Teacher: Språkdidaktik mmk@du.se
				Anita Purcell-Sjölund Teacher: Literature in English/Litteraturvetenskap, film, medie- och kulturstudier aps@du.se
				Katherina Dodou Teacher: Språkdidaktik/Litteraturdidaktik kdo@du.se