SFB12808 Norwegian as a Foreign Language I (Autumn 2011)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
7.5
Responsible faculty:
Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages
Course Leader:
Anni Bjørgengen
Teaching language:
English and Norwegian
Duration:
½ year

Table of contents

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

Elective.

Teaching semester

Autumn semester (may also be offered in the spring semester).

Content

  • Getting acquainted
  • Family and home
  • Meals
  • Daily routines
  • Shopping
  • Weather
  • Travelling and transport
  • Arriving in Norway
  • Work

Teaching and learning methods

40 h seminars.
The language of instruction is English and Norwegian.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

A short essay must be submitted during the semester. Students who do not meet this requirement will not be able to proceed with the course exam.

Exam

Oral examination (duration of examination will be published by semester start)

Permitted aids: Dictionary.

Grades are awarded according to a graded scale from A (highest) to F (lowest), with E as the minimum pass grade.

Course evaluation

Student evaluation of teaching will be carried out in the middle and at the end of the semester.

Reading list

An updated list of literature will be published by semester start.

Updated 15.6.2011

Textbook: Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Donald (2004). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. 2. utg. Oslo: Cappelen. Ch. 1-10.

Exercise book: Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Donald (2004). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. 2 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.

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