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NFUT0106

Norwegian for Foreigners 1

Credits 15
Level Norwegian for international students
Course start Autumn 2020 / Spring 2021
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Home examination and Oral examination

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 comparision
- 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
- 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 language laboratory 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. Approved examination's requirements are valid for 4 semesters after approval date.

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. 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.

Specific conditions

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

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
NFUT0101 15 sp
NFUT0102 15 sp
NFUT0103 15 sp
NFUT0104 15 sp
NFUT0105 15 sp
NFUT0107 15 sp
NFUT0108 15 sp
NFUT0109 15 sp
NFF0201 15 sp
NFUT0112 15 sp
NFUT0131 15 sp
NFUT0130 15 sp
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

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Home examination and Oral examination
Grade: Letters

New examination - Autumn 2020

Oral Examination (1)
Weighting 1/3 Duration 15 minutes
  • Other comments
  • 1) Merk at eksamensform er endret til hjemmeeksamen som et smittevernstiltak i den pågående koronasituasjonen. Please note that the exam form has changed to home examination as a preventive measure in the ongoing corona situation.
Home Examination (2)
Weighting 2/3 Date Release 2020-12-07
Submission 2020-12-07
Time Release 09:00
Submission 12:00
Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
  • Other comments
  • 2) Merk at eksamensform er endret til hjemmeeksamen som et smittevernstiltak i den pågående koronasituasjonen. Please note that the exam form has changed to home examination as a preventive measure in the ongoing corona situation.

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2020

Oral Examination
Weighting 1/3 Duration 15 minutes
Home Examination
Weighting 2/3 Date Release 2020-11-20
Submission 2020-11-20
Time Release 15:00
Submission 18:00
Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment

Ordinary examination - Spring 2021

Oral Examination
Weighting 1/3 Duration 15 minutes
Home Examination
Weighting 2/3 Date Release 2021-05-19
Submission 2021-05-19
Time Release 09:00
Submission 12:00
Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment

Re-sit examination - Spring 2021

Oral Examination
Weighting 1/3 Duration 15 minutes
Home Examination
Weighting 2/3 Date Release 2021-06-03
Submission 2021-06-03
Time Release 09:00
Submission 12:00
Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment