UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Norwegian Level 1+
Prerequisite for entry
Basic knowledge of Norwegian, successful completion of Norwegian syllabus 1 at UCL
Language Centre or equivalent.
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 and grammar). Language learning skills, including autonomous learning
and how to approach authentic material will be covered.
Functions
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Describing people and your home
Ordering various foods
Talking about work and leisure
Talking about present and daily activities, incl. studies
Asking and answering questions
Talking about feelings
Some accuracy in expressing various past tenses.
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Question words and question syntax
Describing your home and work
Seasons of the year, nature
Food and meals, restaurants and home
Activities to do with everyday duties
Age and register of language use
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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The elementary grammatical functions, pronunciation and stress patterns
Grammar
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Question-words
More reflexive pronouns
Future tenses and perfect tenses
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Modal verbs and infinitive use
Possessive pronouns
Sentence structures, syntactical conventions
Adverbial phrases
Noun phrases
Verb phrases
Some basic irregular verbs
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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