NORINT0110 – Norwegian for International Students, Level 1
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This is a beginner`s course for international students.
Students will develop basic communicative skills in Norwegian within familiar, everyday topics such as themselves, studies, leisure time, and work. Students will engage in both written and oral communication, with an emphasis on conveying meaning clearly by using simple vocabulary and fundamental grammatical structures.
This is a proficiency course with a final examination.
Learning outcome
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- communicate on topics covered in the course
- express themselves coherently, both orally and in writing, on familiar topics
- express their own thoughts and opinions on everyday and simple topics
- understand the main content of simple spoken and written Norwegian on familiar topics
- use and understand the basic grammar covered in the course
- demonstrate pronunciation that is sufficiently clear so as not to impede communication
- demonstrate an elementary vocabulary related to the topics covered in the course
The final mark will show to what extent the student has attained the intended learning outcome of the course.
Admission to the course
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Overlapping courses
- 15 credits overlap with ISSN0110 – Intensive Elementary Norwegian, Level I (discontinued).
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0110BK – Betalingskurs i norsk språk, trinn 1 (continued).
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0121 – Norsk for internasjonale studenter, intensivt begynnerkurs (trinn 1 og 2) (discontinued).
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0105 – Norwegian language for International Students, introductory (discontinued) and NORINT0114 – Norwegian for International Students, 60 hour Introductory Course.
- 15 credits overlap with NORA0110 – Elementary Norwegian Level I.
- 15 credits overlap with NORINT0110IN – Norwegian for International Students, Level 1, Intensive.
- 15 credits overlap with NORA0110IN – Intensive Elementary Norwegian - Level I.
- 10 credits overlap with ISSN0110B.
- 10 credits overlap with NORINT0114 – Norwegian for International Students, 60 hour Introductory Course.
- 5 credits overlap with NORINT0111 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 1 (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with NORINT0112 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 2 (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with NORINT0113 – Norwegian for international students, level 1, part 3 (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with EILC0111.
- 5 credits overlap with EILC0112.
- 5 credits overlap with EILC0113.
- 5 credits overlap with NORINT0105 – Norwegian language for International Students, introductory (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with NORINT0105M – Introduction to Norwegian 1.
- 5 credits overlap with NORINT0106M – Introduction to Norwegian 2.
Teaching
Six hours per week for 14 weeks, 84 hours in total. This is a course that requires active student participation. Each week, the students will be given written and/or oral assignments.
Compulsory activities
In order to sit for the examination, the following compulsory assignments must be approved by the teacher:
- 75 % attendance (63 hours)
- One compulsory oral presentation
Access to teaching
If you have completed compulsory instruction and have had this approved, you are not entitled to repeat that instruction. If you have been admitted to the course, but have not completed compulsory instruction or had this approved, you are entitled to new instruction permitting available capacity.
Examination
The exam consists of a 3-hour written school exam and an oral examination. The written and oral parts account for 50 per cent of the final grade each. Both the written and oral exams must be passed in the same semester for the total grade to be a passing grade.
In order to sit for the examination, the compulsory activities must be approved.
Approved compulsory activities are valid for the next two terms in which the course is offered.
In preparation for the exam, you can practice using the demo exam in Inspera.
Here you will find an earlier assignment that is used for the exam, as well as the answers.
Examination support material
Language of examination
Grading scale
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