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Norwegian Language 2 (ELCS08011)

Course Website

http://www.arts.ed.ac.uk/scastuds/courses.html

Subject

European Languages and Cultures - Scandinavian

College

CAHSS

Credits

20

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Entry to any language course above introductory level is subject to a language test by the relevant subject area on arrival and at the discretion of the course organiser. Visiting Students must have completed Norwegian 1 (ELCS08028) or equivalent at grade B or above. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

Velkommen tilbake til et nytt semester og til et nytt akademisk år! With this one-year course in Scandinavian Studies you will continue to improve your speaking, comprehension, reading and writing of the Norwegian language, and you will be moving on to more complex grammar, fine-tuning your pronunciation and learning a good amount of vocabulary. Together with the assessments, you are required to do a set amount of homework as preparation for each class. You will also be doing frequent mini-presentations in class and writing texts to hand in. One of the aims of the course is to prepare you for university study in Norway. Vi gleder oss til å undervise dere og bruke norsk sammen med dere!

Course Description

Norwegian Language 2 is a full-year 20-credit course, partly in the target language. The aim of the course is to build on and develop the skills acquired in first year so that, by the end of the session, the student will be linguistically competent to study at a Norwegian university, having reached CEFR level B2. Students will practise to speak at a level that encompasses everyday situations and a wide range of topics in current affairs and general culture. They will practise to write the language accurately using all the main grammatical structures and with an ability to vary register according to the main types of informal and formal usage. Students will also develop skills in comprehending ordinary speech at natural speed in everyday situations and to understand the spoken language as, for instance, used in radio/TV documentaries, lectures and discussions. Students will develop the ability to follow a university course in the target language in subject areas that the student is specialising in. Breakdown of Learning & Teaching Activities: The teaching activities on this course have two different formats. There will be two synchronous sessions per week, where students meet their tutor for small-group language teaching emphasising oral proficiency [Synchronous]. Other activities will be based on resources made available via the course Learn page, including formal grammar teaching, video material, computer-assisted exercises, and articles from Norwegian newspapers and magazines available on the Internet [Asynchronous]. Each week, you are expected to prepare for the synchronous sessions by completing the asynchronous preparation outlined in that weeks instructions. Communication in the target language is key on this course. Students are also expected to keep their knowledge of Norwegian current affairs up-to-date by reading newspapers etc. regularly on the Internet.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 30%, Coursework 70%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

This course cannot be taken alongside Norwegian 1 (ELCS08028). Auditing this course is not permitted.

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