SFB12908 Norwegian as a Foreign Language II (Spring 2012)

Facts about the course

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

Table of contents

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

Elective.

Prerequisites

The course builds on Norwegian for foreigners I or equivalent.

Teaching semester

Spring.

Content

  • Facts about Norway
  • School
  • Family life and traditions
  • Living arrangements
  • Celebration and feasts
  • Health
  • Job and leisure

Teaching and learning methods

40 h language instruction.

The language of instruction is English and Norwegian.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

A short essay must be submitted during the semester.

Exam

A 4-hour written individual examination. Aids allowed: Mother tongue - English - mother tongue 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

The readinglist was last updated 15 Jun 2011

Required reading:
Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Doncald (2004). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. 2. utg. Oslo: Cappelen. Ch. 11-17 + CD. http://pavei.cappelen.no

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 distrubted material.

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