NFL10225 Norwegian as a Foreign Language II (Spring 2026)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 10
- 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
Required prerequisite knowledge
Teaching semester
Content
The students will learn to communicate about the following topics:
- Facts about Norway
- Housing and living situation
- Weather, health, sports and hobbies
- Clothing and footwear
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
The student
- can communicate about everyday situations and special occasions, as well as topics related to life in Norway
Skills
The student
- can further develop the ability to understand and use grammatical structures and vocabulary in Norwegian, both orally and in writing
General competence
The student
- can further develop communicative competence in Norwegian at a basic level
Teaching and learning methods
The course has 13 seminars per semester. In addition, there is work in colloquium groups and homework in the form of oral and written assignments. The students are also expected to work independently on the course content outside of class.
The course has mandatory attendance of 80%.
Workload
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
The course has three required course works:
1) 80% attendance.
2) Group work requirement in the form of an oral presentation.
3) Individual written text. See the semester plan for further details.
The required coursework is assessed as approved / not approved.
Exam
Digital written examination on campus, 4 hours. The examination consists of 4 parts (reading comprehension, listening comprehension, grammar and vocabulary, and written text production). The grade is given from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is failure.
To sit for the examination, all the three mandatory course requirements must be approved.
Permitted aid is a physical bilingual dictionary.