NORA0110 - Elementary Norwegian, Level I
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
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Course content
Students work with texts and exercises relating to daily life (family, home, work, shopping, food etc.). Extensive practice in communicative speech functions, such as greetings, asking for and providing information, and expressing opinions and feelings. Work with the main features of Norwegian phonetics and grammar is also central to this course.
Learning outcome
To understand clearly spoken Norwegian, to read textbooks and similar texts and to talk about subjects relating to everyday life. To pronounce Norwegian in a way that does not interfere with communication. To write about topics dealt with in the course and to express thoughts and opinions, albeit simply. To know the basic rules of Norwegian grammar.
Admission
- Autumn semester 2015: The application deadline for autumn semester 2015 was June 1, and this course is now full.
- Spring semester 2016: Beginning September 1, 2015 it will be possible to apply for this course for spring semester 2016
The examination in this course is not available for external candidates. Only students admitted to the course may sit for the examination.
Prerequisites
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Applicants must meet basic requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway, except in Norwegian, and to be admitted you must submit documentation.
Recommended previous knowledge
No previous knowledge of Norwegian language is necessary for this beginner's course.
Overlapping courses
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0110 - Norwegian for International Students, Level 1
- 15 credits overlap with ISSN0110 - Intensive Elementary Norwegian, Level I
Teaching
Classroom sessions include instruction, language laboratory and group work for a total of 84 classroom hours. One classroom hour lasts for 45 minutes.
Regular attendance is expected of all participants.
For autumn 2015 we offer daytime and evening classes: This course usually runs from week 34 to week 50, and you can choose between daytime and evening classes. Evening groups take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 17.15 to 20 o'clock. Day classes take place on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 12.15 to 15 o'clock.
For spring 2016, we offer daytime and evening classes:
Spring term courses will run from week 4 to week 21 in 2016.
Examination
The exam will consist of a written and an oral examination. The written examination counts for 50% of the total grade and lasts for 3 hours. Part of the written exam includes a dictation. The oral examination counts for 50% of the total grade and lasts for 10-15 minutes.
The date for the autumn semester of 2015 is December 10. The oral exam will be arranged before the written exam, your teacher will tell you when your oral exam will take place. There will also be information about the time and place of the written exam in StudentWeb.
Previous exams are available for download as a study aid.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
Norwegian
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Examination results are available three weeks after the exam, at the latest. Grades and transcripts will be available via StudentWeb.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
Candidates who have a re-scheduled or new examination are allowed take the next ordinary examination. Candidates who are re-sitting NORA exams can also re-sit the exam in the summer at the ISS exam. If you have successfully passed obligatory assignments, or other compulsory activities required before you are qualified to attend the exam, you need not re-sit these.
Only students with either valid absence (doctors note) or students who failed the exam can re-sit an exam.
Withdrawal from an examination
If you wish to withdraw from the exam you must do so in StudentWeb at least two weeks prior to the deadline. Failure to do so will be counted as one of the three opportunities to sit the exam.
Special examination arrangements
If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.
Students who need a specially adapted exam must submit a Request for Special Examination Form along with medical documentation to NORA by September 1.
Evaluation
Feedback from our students is essential to us in our efforts to ensure and further improve the high quality of our programmes and courses. All courses are subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students on a particular course to participate in a more comprehensive, periodic evaluation of this course.
Other
NORA0110 is the first of a total of three courses that foreigners (or Norwegian citizens who do not master Norwegian) can take in order to enroll in a degree program at the university level. Norwegian courses up to a maximum of 40 credits can be used as part of a degree at the University of Oslo.
This course is academically equivalent to UiO's NORINT0110 - Norwegian for International Students, Level 1 and ISSN0110 - Intensive Elementary Norwegian, Level I, Folkeuniversitetet's Levels 0-A2 and European levels A1-A2, but does not automatically qualify for residence permit.
Students taking NORA0110 cannot apply for a loan in Lånekassen.