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 is 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
• can write assignments focusing on descriptive and narrative texts in the past, present and future tenses on topics that are known to him and of personal interest. The candidate can 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

• Minimum 6 approved written exercises
• 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

Credit reductions