NORA0120IN – Intensive Intermediate Norwegian - Level II
Course description
Course content
Intensive Intermediate Norwegian level II is an intensive course offered in the summer semester. Students work primarily with non-fiction texts and exercises with themes from Norwegian daily life and society. Important and basic points of grammar are examined, and attention is given to variations in the Norwegian language. Students increase their vocabulary and learn idioms and varied ways of expressing themselves in different contexts.
Learning outcome
Students will learn: to understand oral presentations on everyday life and current issues; to including the ability to understand the main ideas of radio and television programs; to read textbooks and simple authentic texts and newspaper articles; and to have sufficient command of both oral and written Norwegian so that errors do not interfere with communication.
This course is equivalent to Folkeuniversitetet's Levels B1 (4-5) and European level B1, but it does not automatically qualify you for a residence permit.
Norwegian courses up to a maximum of 40 credits can be used as part of a degree at the University of Oslo. Contact your department for more information.
Admission to the course
The course fee is NOK 16 700. Prices are subject to change on a year-to-year basis. UiO employees and PhD students are NOT exempt from the course fee.
NORA0120IN does not qualify for financial support from L?nekassen.?
Please see our information about admission requirements and application procedures.
The application period for Summer 2026 is from January 2 to March 15.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
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Applicants must meet the general admission requirements to university studies in Norway. To be admitted you must submit required supporting documents.
It is presumed that the applicant has either passed NORA Level I, Norskpr?ven with an A2 level on all four parts, or a course equivalent to NORA0110 at UiO or another accredited university. Students who have taken a course equivalent to NORA0110 that give letter grades at another institute or faculty at UiO must have at least a D on all parts of the exam(s) in order to enroll in NORA0120. Students who fail to document their A2 level will be demoted to level I.
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Overlapping courses
- 15 credits overlap with NORA0120 – Intermediate Norwegian Level 2.
- 15 credits overlap with ISSN0120 – Intensive Intermediate Norwegian, Level II (discontinued).
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0120 – Norwegian for International Students, Level 2.
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0120BK – Pay course in Norwegian language, level 2 (continued).
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0121 – Norsk for internasjonale studenter, intensivt begynnerkurs (trinn 1 og 2) (discontinued).
Teaching
The course consists of classroom lectures, 3 hours every morning, Monday-Friday, for six weeks, for a total of 78 hours.
Classroom sessions include instruction and group work. Daily attendance and active participation in this course is expected of all participants.
Books: Elisabeth Ellingsen & Kirsti MacDonald (2021):?Stein p? stein.?Norsk og samfunnskunnskap for voksne innvandrere. Tekstbok og Arbeidsbok. Oslo: Cappelen Damm. The books can be bought at Akademika and other bookstores, they are also available in a digital format at Brettboka. Instructions for buying the digital textbook and workbook from Brettboka here.
Examination
The final exam consists of an oral and a written examination. The oral exam counts for 50% of the total grade and includes two parts: listening comprehension and spoken production. The oral exam lasts for 30 minutes. The written exam counts for 50% of the total grade and includes two parts: written production and reading comprehension. The written exam lasts for 2.5 hours. Your teacher will inform you when your oral exam will take place. There will also be information about the time and place of the written exam in Studentweb.
The guidance for examiners for the current exam is published here (NORWEGIAN ONLY).
Previous exams are available for download as a study aid.
Examination support material
No examination support material is allowed.
Language of examination
Norwegian
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Examination results are available three weeks after the exam, at the latest. Grades and transcripts will be available via Studentweb.
Resit an examination
Candidates may re-sit an exam free of charge if they: a) have a valid absence (doctor’s note), or b) failed the examination.
Candidates who want to re-sit the exam to improve their grades, or did not show up for the scheduled exam must pay a fee of NOK 2 500 to re-sit the exam. You can take the exam up to three times. You cannot re-sit an examination if you have used the maximum number of examination attempts. Candidates who re-sit the exam must take all parts of the exam again (both written and oral exams).
Candidates who re-sit the exam may take the exam in May, July and December when regular exams are arranged. Candidates who are re-sitting NORA exams can also re-sit the exam in the summer at the NORAIN exam.
To re-sit the exam, contact the ISS office by email (nora-admin@iss.uio.no) during these dates:
- To re-sit in the spring semester: Contact us between January 1st - January 31st
- To re-sit in the summer semester: Contact us between June 1st - June 30th
- To re-sit in the autumn semester: Contact us between August 1st - August 31st
Please note that there are limited number of seats for the re-sit exams. You are therefore not guaranteed a seat if you register for a re-sit exam; registrations are treated on a first-come, first-serve basis. We therefore encourage you to sign up for a re-sit exam early in the registration period.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.