Evening Courses Icelandic Level 1 Prerequisite for entry
UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Icelandic Level 1
Prerequisite for entry
For complete beginners or those who have had only very little contact with the language.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The course aims to provide an introduction to basic spoken Icelandic with emphasis on mastering the specific sounds of the language from the offset, developing practical listening skills; reading simple texts in Icelandic; using a dictionary and understanding grammatical abbreviations; and getting to grips with several grammatical issues. Students should be able to communicate in Icelandic on a number of practical every matters.
Functions
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Greetings, introducing yourself and others
The Icelandic name-system
Talking about age and family members
Telling the time
Counting, expressing amounts & prices
Asking where people are from and which languages they speak
Expressing intention and activities happening in the present
The days of the week, years and money
Expressing likes and dislikes
Talking about food
Expressing possession
Phone numbers
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Placement of the emphasis
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Recognizing and pronouncing correctly the 14 different vowels
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The double ll & the double nn
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The 4 different pronunciations of f & the soft g
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Grammar
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Weak & strong nouns in all genders, nominative, singular
The definite article for the nominative, singular
Strong adjectives, all genders, nominative, singular
Personal pronouns in the nominative, singular & plural
Possessive pronouns for all genders in the nominative, sing & plural
The 4 main groups of verbs. Emphasis on regular verbs in gr. 1&2
The verbs “að vera” and “að eiga”
Impersonal verb “að finnast”
The vowel-shift a-ö in nouns, verbs & adjectives
Basic word-order, where and how it differs from English
The present continuous & expressing the future with “ætla að”
Learning Resources
Books:
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Course book: Colloquial Icelandic,
Learning Icelandic
Teacher’s handouts
Online material from Bragi - íslenska
Dictionaries:
, Mál & Menning
Daisy Newman;
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Glossaries from Colloquial Icelandic & Learning Icelandic
Íslensk ensk orðabók - Iðunn
Ensk-íslensk skólaorðabók – Mál & Menning
Online dictionaries:
www.ordabok.is
http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/IcelOnline/Search.TEId.html
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