UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Norwegian Level 2
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Norwegian syllabus Level 1+ at UCL Language Centre, or
equivalent.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to give students an opportunity to revise their survival skills and
acquire more sophisticated ways of dealing with practical matters in everyday life. This
includes revision and consolidation of vocabulary, grammar, syntax and phonetics. Cultural
background and material on Norwegian society will be covered.
Functions
-
Directions
Physical and emotional characteristics of people
Description of tasks, procedures and instructions
Relating events and stories
Talking about your life, hobbies and interests
Making phone calls, writing simple letters and emails.
Talking about family, friends and relatives
Sports and leisure activities in more detail
Description of weekly tasks
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
-
More practical matters, getting by…
Public transport
Planning your life
Expressions of time
Animals
Newspaper articles and short descriptions
Using basic media, emails, letters, phone
Listening skills, practice and training
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
-
Verb inversion with adverbial phrases
Use of negation
UCL Language Centre
Evening Courses
1
-
Pronunciation and stress patterns
Tonal difference introduced.
Grammar
-
Possessive pronouns, a full range
The prepositional genitive use
Adverbial phrases made from prepositions
Use of temporary pronouns
Quantifiers, countable vs. non countable
Relative clauses, sentence structures.
Clipped grammar (Newspaper headlines, signs, advertising)
Learning Resources
Books
-
Ellingsen & MacDonald: Stein på Stein, Cappelen, Oslo
-
Teacher lecture notes and work sheets
-
Authentic material as handouts
-
A Norwegian Grammar,
Norwegian – An Essential Grammar, Åse-Berit and Rolf Strandskogen, Routledge,
London, (different editions)
-
Dictionary:
A standard dictionary giving the Norwegian noun genders for English entries. (E.g.
Routledge)
-
Possibly a phrase book or a pocket dictionary
UCL Language Centre
Evening Courses
2