SFB12808 Norwegian as a Foreign Language I (Spring 2022)

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

• Arriving in Norway

• Work/Norwegian course

Forms of teaching and learning

52 h lanuage instruction. The language of instruction is English and Norwegian.

Workload

The course will give the student approximately 250-270 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 12.01.2022.

The reading list was last updated 12.01.2022.

Textbook: Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Donald (2018). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere.4. utg. Oslo: Cappelen. Ch. 1-10.

Exercise book: Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Donald (2018). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. 4. utg. Oslo: Cappelen. Ch. 1-10 + CD

Dictionaries and grammar exercises on the internet:

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

Other distributed material.