Course content

Students need to hand in at least seven written papers which must be approved by the end of the course. Level 1 counts for 15 credits (ECTS) in working load, but it does not count toward a bachelor degree at NTNU since it is part of the entrance requirements for ordinary studies. The course may nevertheless form a basis in bringing export credits to other educational institutions.

Learning outcome

Level 1 is targeted to beginners or students with very little previous knowledge of Norwegian. By the end of the semester students should have mastered a basic vocabulary of Norwegian everyday language, and grammatical rules for inflection and word order. The writing focuses on descriptive and narrative texts in the past and present tenses.

Learning methods and activities

6 hours of seminars per week, including language laboratory exercises. The students forfeit their rights to carry on taking the course and to take the exam if they do not attend at least one of the first two lectures (unless written notification has been handed in in advance). The exam covers dictation and/or a listening test where the students in their own words give a written account of the contents, grammar and free writing (about 200 words). In addition there is a 15-minute oral exam. Dictionaries are not allowed. Separate grades are given for the written and the oral exam. In the combined 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 of the exam if they fail either part.

Compulsory assignments

• 7 approved written submissions with supervision
• 80% attendance (obligatory attendance one of the first two lectures)

Specific conditions