UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Icelandic Level 1+
Prerequisite for entry
Prerequisite for entry: Basic knowledge of Icelandic (successful completion of Icelandic
syllabus 1 at UCL Language Centre or other comparable studies).
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to build on and strengthen students´ basic knowledge of Icelandic so
they can function at a very basic everyday survival level (basic vocabulary and grammar).
Students should be able to communicate in and understand Icelandic on a number of
practical everyday matters. Students will receive means to master the different sounds of the
Icelandic pronunciation.
Functions
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Describing people/your house/places
Talking about clothes; colours
Talking about work/leisure activities
Talking about present, future and past activities
Ordering food
Talking about house, furniture
The body parts
Making plans
The weather
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Solidifying the pronunciation of ll & nn
vowels before ng & nk
the double voiced plosives: dd, bb, gg.
the double unvoiced plosives: tt, pp, kk
Working on f & g
The difference between þ & ð
Tongue-twisters for r, soft g, different pronunciation of f
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Grammar
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Weak and strong nouns in the plural, nominative
The definite article in the plural
Strong adjectives in the plural, nominative
Weak and strong verbs in the present, all 4 groups
The I-shift (B víxl) in strong verbs
The vowel-shift a-ö and ö-a in the plural
The present and past continuous
Sentence construction with auxiliary verbs for past, present, future (vera búinn að /
var að / er að / ætla að)
The numbers 1,2,3,4 in masc, fem, neuter. Nominative.
The possessive pronoun with plural nouns
The personal pronoun in all cases
Impersonal verbs “að vanta”, “að langa” & “að finnast”
Learning Resources
Books:
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Course book: Colloquial Icelandic, Daisy Newman;
Learning Icelandic, Mál & Menning
Láki Jarðálfur, Dimmalimm, handouts
Teacher’s handouts
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Online material from Bragi - íslenska
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Dictionaries:
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Glossaries from Colloquial Icelandic & Learning Icelandic
Íslensk ensk orðabók - Iðunn
Ensk-íslensk skólaorðabók – Mál & Menning
Online dictionaries:
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www.ordabok.is http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/IcelOnline/Search.TEId.html
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