SFB12908 Norwegian as a Foreign Language II (Spring 2014)

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

The course will give the student approximately 210 hours of work.

Content

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

The student's learning outcomes on passing the course

Knowledge
Students have basic knowledge of written Norwegian

Skills
Studnets are able to read and write basic Norwegian texts.

General competence
Students have general knowledge of the Norwegian society

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

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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