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TFOR0113

Norwegian

Credits The course gives prerequisite credits
Level Preparatory test/preparatory course
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 2 semesters
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

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.

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

Subject areas

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Examination

Examination

Grade: Letter grades

Examination arrangement: School exam

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Grade deviation Letter grades Examination aids Code F Duration 5 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Grade deviation Letter grades Examination aids Code F Duration 5 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.

Examination arrangement: School exam

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Mock exam (March)
Weighting Grade deviation Passed / Not Passed Duration 5 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.