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SAM-1012: Saami linguistics: The language in use Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally first or second year. | Language of instruction
North Sami | Examination semester
Autumn | Objectives
The students will gain knowledge of different language uses and develop practical language competence. In addition, they will gain background knowledge of the position of the Sami language in society. | Contents
The course provides knowledge of the status and use of the Sami language in society. Practical work with language texts from different perspectives will be emphasised. The students should become familiar with Sami language conditions, bilingualism and the history of the written language, and evaluate written and oral texts from a language tending perspective. This also includes translation. An introduction to paper writing and to structuring of academic texts in linguistics is also given.
The student should have competence in Sami at native speaker level. Ideally, he/she should have completed Sami as a first language in upper secondary school, or SAM-0100 Intermediate course in Sami with the grade B or better. Having completed EXF-0720 Examen facultatum for the humanities is an advantage. | Recommended previous qualifications
EXF-0720 Examen facultatum for the Humanities, SAM-0100 Further education in saami | Form of teaching
Teaching will consist of lectures, exercises, writing seminars and individual study.
During the course, the student is to write an academic article of 5-8 pages (2000 characters per page) (see assessment method below). The topic of the article is selected from the syllabus in agreement with the teacher. Each student is entitled to conferencing with the teacher twice during the writing process, and a writing seminar will be held where the students can present their work. Students are required to participate actively in the seminar.
The literature is in North Sami, Norwegian, and partly in English.
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OpponentuttalelseOversettelsesoppgaveØving i praktisk språkrøktRefleksjonsskriv
| Exam and assessment
Coursework Requirements:
Each student should act as critic for the paper of a fellow student orally during a writing seminar, and should also write a critical remark on this paper. In addition, the student should submit at least one translation assignment and one assignment in practical language tending. These two assignments and the critical remark are filed in a portfolio where also a memo of 2-3 pages where the student reflects on his/her submitted assignments should be included. This portfolio must have been approved at least two weeks before the oral exam.
These requirements are assessed with pass/fail.
Assessment method:
The examination consists of two parts and includes an academic article of 5-8 pages (2000 characters per page) and a 45-minute oral exam. The article, which is to be written in Sami, and the oral exam each count for 50% of the final grade. The oral exam will be in Sami.
Performance in the course will be assessed with the grades A-F.
Exam language(s): Sami | Contact person/lecturer
Studiekonsulent Line N. Sandanger, tlf.: 776 45649, e-post: Line.Nilsen.Sandanger@hum.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request. | Course overlap
SAMGFS -1 10 sp | Timetables
http://timeplan.uit.no/emne.php?year=2006&department=ALLE&module=SAM-1012-1 |
Teaching autumn 2006
Første forelesning: Mandag 21. august kl 1215, rom C 1004 |
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