NOBE6000 Norwegian Language for Foreign Students, Beginner Level Course description

Lectures, compulsory exercises and laboratory assignments with reports. Individual work during exercises, group work (2-4 students per group), in connection with laboratory work and report writing.

The objective of the course is to enable the candidates to understand and produce Norwegian in some common social contexts. By the end of the course the candidates should be able to:

Knowledge

• apply a basic vocabulary of isolated words and phrases related to particular concrete, familiar situations, in oral and written language production
• apply basic grammatical structures and sentence patterns in Norwegian in oral and written language production
• understand and use familiar everyday Norwegian expressions and very basic Norwegian phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type

Skills

• read and understand short, simple texts in Norwegian by recognizing familiar words and basic phrases
• write simple Norwegian phrases and sentences about themselves and imaginary people, where they live and what they do
• pronounce a repertoire of learnt words and phrases in a way that can be understood with some effort by native speakers

General Competence

• interact in a simple way using Norwegian, and follow simple directions in Norwegian provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help introduce themselves and others
• ask and answer questions in Norwegian about personal details such as where they live, people they know and activities they like
• ask and answer simple questions, initiate basic conversation and express immediate needs
• respond in Norwegian to simple statements on everyday topics

The course comprises 40 hours of language instruction (4 hours * 10 weeks) organized as whole class instruction.

The course activities include:

• Reading comprehension practice
• Listening comprehension practice
• Conversation practice
• Grammar exercises
• Written assignments

Individual written exam under supervision, 3 hours.

The exam result can be appealed.

In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, oral examination may be used instead of written. If oral exams are used for resit and rescheduled exams, the exam result cannot be appealed.

2 A4 sheets of your own notes, handwritten or typed

A handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator's internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

The course builds on MEK1000 Mathematics 1000, KJPE1300 General Chemistry and KJM1500 Physical Chemistry.

The final exams are assessed by internal examiners.

Target Group

The target group of the course is international exchange students who are admitted to the study programmes at OsloMet for the current term.

Admission

International exchange students, who are admitted to the study programmes at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) for the current term, will be given priority over other applicants. Other categories of international students who currently follow study programmes at OsloMet, may be admitted to the course provided that there will be available places. Trainees through the ‘Akademisk dugnad’ at OsloMet must be approved by the Section for Internationalisation and must meet the general admission requirements for Higher Education Entrance Qualification (GSK).

The following categories will not be able to apply for the course:

• Applicants with equivalent or higher language competence
• Other categories of applicants, who are not international students at OsloMet
• Students with ordinary admission to OsloMet

Ranking of qualified applicants

Qualified applicants will be ranked in the following order:

• Erasmus+ students and trainees.
• Exchange students from other exchange programmes.
• Trainees through the ‘Akademisk dugnad’ at OsloMet and have been recommended by the Section for Internationalisation.
• Master’s degree programme students.

Applicants in each category will be ranked according to drawing of lots principle.