Dr. Berit Aronsson

Associate Professor

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Biography

Berit Aronsson has been a teacher of Spanish as a second language at Umeå University since 1998 and has served as an Associate Professor in Foreign Language Teaching and Learning since 2015. Her main teaching areas include Spanish pronunciation, phonetics, methodology within the Teacher Training Program, and ICT-based teaching alongside L2 learning. Her research primarily focuses on L2 prosody, particularly in L2 Spanish, language acquisition, and pragmatics within the context of second language acquisition. Berit is particularly interested in oral interactional competence from a foreign language learning perspective, taking into account pragmatic and psychological factors involved in language learning.

Research Interests

Requirements for Umeå University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:2.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:5.5
Reading
Required:5.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Writing
Required:20
Total
Required:90
PTE
Overall
Required:62
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree (180 ECTS) in relevant field At least 90 ECTS in the main subject area
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Transcripts of records
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Copy of passport
  • Letter of Motivation (certain programs)
  • CV (certain programs)
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.