Course description

Course code and title: SFB12802 Norwegian as a Foreign Language I

ECTS credits: 5 

Category: Elective

Semester: Autumn semester (may also be offered in the spring semester)

Objectives: The course will give the students basic knowledge of spoken Norwegian, with the aim of understanding and using the language in everyday situations. Pronunciation and oral exercises are given priority. It is expected that students will work on their own with the CD and grammar exercises on the Internet (http://pavei.cappelen.no)  In addition to the language course some lectures on Norwegian culture and society will be given in English, followed by relevant local visits/study trips.

Content:
- Getting acquainted.
- Family and home
- Eating
- Daily routines
- Shopping
- Weather
- Travelling and transport
- Arriving in Norway.
- Work

Organisation and forms of teaching: 40 h seminars+ 10h excursions.

The language of instruction is English and Norwegian.

Mandatory assignments: A short essay must be submitted during the semester.

Asessment: Oral examination. Grades A-F.

Required reading:
Ellingsen, Elisabeth & Kirsti Mac Donald (2004). På vei: norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. 2. utg. Oslo: Cappelen. Ch. 1-10 + 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 distributed material.

Course lecturer Camilla Bjørke