SFB12808 Norwegian as a Foreign Language I (Spring 2021)

The course is connected to the following study programs

Elective course, applicable for exchange students on the Business Administration Programme.

Lecture Semester

Spring.

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

The reading list was last updated on 3 December 2020.

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 internet:
http://www.ordnett.no/ordbok.html

Other distributed material.