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Semester 2

Communicating across the Scandinavian Languages (ELCS08041)

Subject

European Languages and Cultures - Scandinavian

College

CAHSS

Credits

10

Normal Year Taken

2

Delivery Session Year

2023/2024

Pre-requisites

Visiting Students must have completed one of the following courses (or equivalent) at grade B or above: Danish 1 (ELCS08033), Norwegian 1 (ELCS08028), Swedish 1 (ELCS08027), Foundation Danish Language 1 (ELCS07009), Foundation Swedish Language 1 (ELCS07007) or Foundation Icelandic Language 1 (ELCS07010). Entry to this course may be subject to a language test on arrival and is at the discretion of the course organiser. **Please see Additional Restrictions below**

Course Summary

This skills-based course is for students who have already studied one of the mainland Scandinavian languages (Danish, Norwegian or Swedish) in their first year at university, in order to assist them in developing a better passive understanding of the other two languages. Students will practise speaking and understanding each other across the three languages, reflect on the communicative strategies employed, and translate texts into English from Danish, Norwegian (both Bokmål and Nynorsk) and Swedish.

Course Description

After outlining theoretical and practical approaches to intercommunication between users of the three mainland Scandinavian languages, the course will provide opportunities for you to engage in reading and listening comprehension tasks, as well as interactive speaking tasks. With the help of tutors, you will therefore be able to practise speaking with and understanding each other across the three languages (depending on the class composition). Having put the theory into practice, you will be encouraged to reflect upon the communicative strategies employed for spoken intercommunication between the Scandinavian languages through a series of reflective tasks, building up to an assessed reflective project. In the second half of the course, you will carry out practical written work in the form of translations into English from Danish, Norwegian (both Bokmål and Nynorsk) and Swedish. This is an opportunity to demonstrate your growing understanding of the Scandinavian languages as a whole and to discover a rewarding way of applying these skills in relation to written language. As part of this introduction to the field of translation, you will also gain insights into topical issues in the translation profession.

Assessment Information

Written Exam 0%, Coursework 100%, Practical Exam 0%

Additional Restrictions

This course cannot be taken alongside Danish 1 (ELCS08033), Norwegian 1 (ELCS08028), Swedish 1 (ELCS08027), Foundation Danish Language 1 (ELCS07009), Foundation Swedish Language 1 (ELCS07007) or Foundation Icelandic Language 1 (ELCS07010).

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