UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Norwegian 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 aim of the course is to enable students to function at a basic everyday survival level
(basic vocabulary, grammar and phonetics). Students should be able to communicate in
and understand Norwegian on a number of practical everyday matters.
Functions
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Greetings, common expressions in social situations.
Talking about yourself
Ordering food and drink
Naming and using everyday objects
Knowing the system for telling time
Knowledge of days and months of the year.
Basic numbers and conventions for dates
Spatial description, and descriptions of position
Familiarity with basic question and answer routines
Description of clothes and customary dress codes
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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First contacts around nationality
Numbers, days of the week
The weather
Travelling incl. time and place descriptions.
Arranging meetings
“At home”
“Holiday”
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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The elementary grammatical functions, pronunciation and stress patterns
Grammar
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Noun and genders of nouns, incl. definite and indefinite articles
The commonly used verb tenses
Personal pronouns
Basic reflexive pronouns
Normal syntax
Some fixed expressions and idioms
All verb tenses introduced
Basic adjective use
Learning Resources
Books
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Ellingsen & MacDonald: Norsk på en-to-tre, Cappelen, Oslo
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Teacher lecture notes and work sheets
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A Norwegian Grammar,
Norwegian – An Essential Grammar, Åse-Berit and Rolf Strandskogen, Routledge,
London, (different editions)
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Dictionary:
A standard dictionary giving the Norwegian noun genders for English entries. (E.g.
Routledge)
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Possibly a phrase book or a pocket dictionary
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