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NFUT0101

Norwegian for Foreigners 1

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Credits 15
Level Norwegian for international students
Course start Autumn 2024 / Spring 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Written and oral examination
Special deadlines for course registration
Autumn: 2024-08-18
Spring: 2025-01-08

About

About the course

Course content

Level 1 is a language course for beginners or students with very little previous knowledge of Norwegian. The course focuses on basic grammar and use of everyday language in both oral and written production.

Learning outcome

KNOWLEDGE

The candidate has basic knowledge about grammatical rules of inflexion and word order:

  • Verbs: the infinitive, present, preterite, present perfect, imperative
  • Nouns: gender, number, indefinite and definite forms
  • Adjective: agreement and comparison
  • Pronouns: subject and object forms, reflexive pronouns and possessives
  • Word order in main clauses and subordinate clauses

SKILLS

The candidate's skills are equivalent to Level A2/B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

The candidate:

  • masters a basic vocabulary of Norwegian everyday language and grammatical rules for inflection and word order
  • is able to write assignments focusing on descriptive and narrative texts in the past, present and future tenses on topics that are known to him/her and are of personal interest. The candidate is able to describe experiences and impressions.

Learning methods and activities

6 hours seminars/group work per week, including listening exercises. Students need to hand in at least six written papers which must be approved by the end of the course. Attendance is compulsory for the first lecture.

Compulsory assignments

  • •At least 6 approved assignments
  • 80% attendance (obligatory attendance the first lecture)

Further on evaluation

The exam includes a dictation/listening test, grammar exercises and an essay. The written exam will be in Norwegian bokmål. In addition a 10-15 minutes oral exam will take place. Dictionaries are not allowed.

Separate grades are given for the written and the oral exam. In the final grade the written exam counts 2/3 while the oral exam counts 1/3. Both the written and the oral exam need to be passed in order to pass the exam. Students must retake both parts if they fail either part.

Approved examination's requirements are valid for 4 semesters.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Norwegian for Foreigners (NFUT)

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
NFUT0102 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFUT0103 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFUT0104 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFUT0105 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFUT0106 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFUT0107 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFUT0108 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFUT0109 15 sp Autumn 2011
NFF0201 15 sp Autumn 2016
NFUT0112 15 sp Autumn 2018
NFUT0131 15 sp Autumn 2020
NFUT0130 15 sp Autumn 2020
NFUT6101 15 sp Autumn 2022
NFUT0110 15 sp Autumn 2022
NFUT0132 7.5 sp Autumn 2023
NFUT0170 15 sp Autumn 2023
NFUT0160 15 sp Autumn 2023
NFUT0121 15 sp Autumn 2024
This course has academic overlap with the courses in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Norwegian as a Second Language

Contact information

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Language and Literature