SFB12808 Norwegian as a Foreign Language I (Autumn 2020)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 7.5
- Responsible department:
- Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages
- Campus:
- Halden
- Course Leader:
- Kirsti Mørk-Mathisen
- Teaching language:
- English and Norwegian
- Duration:
- ½ year
The course is connected to the following study programs
Elective course, applicable for exchange students on the Business Administration Programme.
Lecture Semester
5th semester (autumn) (may also be offered in the spring semester).
The student's learning outcomes after completing the course
Knowledge
The student has basic knowledge of oral Norwegian.
Skills
The student understands and can use the language in everyday situation.
General competence
The studens has basic knowledge of the Norwegian society.
Content
- Getting acquainted
- Family and home
- Meals
- Daily routines
- Shopping
- Weather
- Travelling and transport
- Arriving in Norway
- Work
Forms of teaching and learning
40 h seminars. The language of instruction is English and Norwegian
Workload
The course will give the student approximately 210 hours of work.
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
A short essay must be submitted during the semester.
The coursework must be approved before signing up for the final exam
Examination
Individual, oral examination, lasting approx. 30 minutes.
Permitted aids: Dictionary.
Grades: A-F.
Examiners
External and internal examiner or two internal examiners.
Course evaluation
Student evaluation of teaching will be carried out in the middle and at the end of the semester.
Literature
Updated 18.08.2014.
Textbook: Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Donald (2012). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. 3. utg. Oslo: Cappelen. Ch. 1-10.
Exercise book: Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Donald (2012). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. 3. utg. Oslo: Cappelen. Ch. 1-10 + CD
Dictionaries and grammar exercises on the Web: http://www.ordnett.no/ordbok.html http://decentius.hit.uib.no/lexin.html http://www.statvoks.no/konsept/norsk2/grammatikkinfo.html
Other distributed material.