NORINT0111 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 1

Course content

  • Pronunciation: prosody (stress, rhythm), correct realization of phonemes.
  • Grammar: verbs (infinitive, present tense, past tense, imperative), nouns, adjectives, pronouns, sentences (main clause, subordinate clause, negation in main clause, inversion), expressions of time
  • Topics/vocabulary: about being a foreign student in a Norwegian university setting, introductions, greetings, family, food and drink, invitations.

This is a language course with portfolio assessment.

Learning outcome

Students should comprehend elementary oral presentation on topics mentioned above. They should be able to speak and write about these topics with an elementary vocabulary in a simple and staight-forward way. Pronunciation should not obstruct comprehension

Admission

This subject is open to international students at the University of Oslo, and students who have been admitted to attend Norwegian courses. International students will get information about how to sign up for courses when they arrive in Norway. Persons who are not students at UiO, can apply for admission to Norwegian courses here

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Students must be eligible for matriculation and must have received confirmation of a place in the course.

Recommended previous knowledge

No prior knowledge of Norwegian necessary.

Overlapping courses

5 credits overlap with NORINT0110 – Norwegian for International Students, Level 1

Teaching

NORINT0111 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 1 (discontinued) consists of 30 hours of classroom instruction.More and more teaching will be in Norwegian as the course progresses. Both perception and production are emphasized in oral as well as in written language. Written assignments are to be handed in each lesson. For students wishing a higher progression, an intensive course over one semester covering NORINT0110 – Norwegian for International Students, Level 1 (NORINT0111 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 1 (discontinued), NORINT0112 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 2 (discontinued) and NORINT0113 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 3 (discontinued)) and NORINT0120 – Norwegian for International Students, Level 2 is offered. The intensive course consists of 12 hours of classroom instructio