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Module description
The aim of the module is to teach the students basic communication skills in Norwegian: speaking, reading, writing and understanding everyday Norwegian.
In class: Reading Norwegian texts. Conversation in connection with texts and related everyday topics. Listening and pronunciation exercises. Occasional role-play and class presentations by individual students on topics they have prepared at home. Grammar is explained systematically and the students are given exercises in connection with grammatical points.
At home: Reading, essay writing, translation, grammatical exercises and occasional preparation of role-play and oral presentations.
The form of Norwegian taught will be bokm氓l. As soon as practical, all class interaction will take place in Norwegian.
Preparatory Reading
- Elisabeth Ellingsen and Kirsti Mac Donald, Norsk p氓 1-2-3, Cappelen Damm, 2017.
One of the following grammars:
- 脜se-Berit and Rolf Strandskogen, Practical Norwegian Grammar, Oris forlag, 1986.
- 脜se-Berit and Rolf Strandskogen, Norwegian: An Essential Grammar, Routledge, 1994.
- Kirsti Mac Donald and Marianne MacDonald, Exploring Norwegian Grammar, Cappelen Damm, 2013.
Dictionaries
All students must own a good English-Norwegian and Norwegian-English dictionary, one of the dictionaries must indicate the gender of Norwegian nouns.
Please note: This module description is accurate at the time of publication. Minor amendments may be made prior to the start of the academic year.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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