Course - Norwegian - TFOR0113
Norwegian
About
About the course
Course content
Gathering of information and cooperation. Written texts, fiction and non-fiction. Language, argumentation and communication processes. Written and oral presentations. Project work.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
Candidates who have passed this course have knowledge of:
- communication processes and how communication can be adapted to situation, aim and receiver.
- basic project theory.
- the importance of reading in connection to own language development.
- different genres within fictional and non-fictional literature, and know how literature can educate us about the development in society now and before.
- basic development within the history of the language enlighting today's challenges within language and communication.
- differences and similarities between bokmål and nynorsk, and their most important features.
Skills
Candidates who have passed this course can:
- define aims of communication and adapt level and form of what is to be conveyed to a receiver in a specific situation.
- write clearly and linguistically correct.
- write and structure reasoning texts such as discussions and reports.
- create clear, targeted and user-friendly functional texts such as reports, project documents, summaries, notes, letters, e-mails and meeting documents.
- analyze the use of rhetorical methods in fictional and non-fictional texts, and are able to argue in a successful manner.
- plan, structure and conduct oral presentations.
- plan and conduct meetings and discussions.
General competence
Candidates who have passed this course can:
- understand the importance communication and written competence has in professional and academic development, and in the engineering profession.
- express themselves written and orally in contexts relevant for an engineer.
- treat subject material in a critical, analytical and systematic manner.
- use suitable strategies to read, take notes and develop an understanding of terms.
- cooperate efficiently in groups.
- obtain information from various sources and use them in a critical, appropriate and accountable manner.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures, group work, projects, self-activity, peer assessment, use of ICT. Oral and written learning activities.
Compulsory assignments
- Exercises
Further on evaluation
Mandatory requirements: 8 out of 9 exercises must be approved.
At the exam, you get access to an electronic dictionary. You can also bring your own physical dictionaries that have been approved by the institution.
Postponed exam: August. Re-sit exam/postponed exam may be changed to oral exam.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Ettårig forkurs for 3-årig ingeniørutdanning og integrert masterstudium i teknologiske fag (FTFORKURS)
Course materials
Textbook: Talmo, Tord, Astrid Stifoss-Hanssen og Anders Ulstein (2022) Norsk for ingeniører. 3. utg. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Material handed out during the course