SFB12908 Norwegian as a Foreign Language II (Spring 2025)

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
7.5
Responsible faculty:
Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages
Campus:
Halden or online
Course Leader:
Malgorzata Wild
Teaching language:
English and Norwegian
Duration:
½ year

Table of contents

The course is affiliated to the following study programme

Elective course, applicable for exchange students and foreign students who wish to learn Norwegian.

Required prerequisite knowledge

The course builds on Norwegian as a Foreign Language I or equivalent. The student has to have passed the exam in Norwegian as a Foreign Language I or a different Norwegian exam at a similar level in order to qualify for the course in Norwegian as a Foreign Language II.

Teaching semester

Spring

Content

  • Facts about Norway
  • School, work and leisure
  • Living arrangements
  • Celebration, holidays and traditions
  • Health and sport

The student's learning outcomes on passing the course

Knowledge

The student has basic knowledge of oral and written Norwegian.

Skills

The student is able to read and write Norwegian texts of different lenghts.

General competence

The student has general knowledge of the Norwegian society.

Teaching and learning methods

Language instruction.

Workload

The course will give the student approximately 250-270 hours of work. The student is expected to devote min. 12 - 15 hours per week to self-study.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

The course has two obligatory assignments:

1) An individual written text.

2) An individual oral presentation.

The coursework must be approved before signing up for the final exam.

In addition, 80% compulsory attendance in teaching is a requirement in order to qualify for the exam.

Exam

A 4-hour written individual examination.

Permitted aids: a printed dictionary. The students have to choose from:

  • Mother tongue-Norwegian-Mother tongue,
  • Mother tongue-English-Mother tongue or
  • English-Norwegian-English

Grades: A-F.

Examiners

External and internal examiner or two internal examiners.

Course evaluation

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