UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Norwegian Level 3+
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Norwegian level 3 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 with a good basic knowledge of basic Norwegian
to converse with a degree of accuracy which does not hamper a conversation with native
speakers on everyday matters, and the ability to discuss personal, social and current issues
using appropriate structures. Cultural awareness will be further developed through an
extended use of authentic material. Most of the active learning will be using Norwegian.
Functions
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Talk about and deal with different situations
Denoting positions
Commenting and criticising
Debating
Explaining and defending your personal opinions
Convincing
Reporting an incident
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Smoking and alcohol issues
Burglary, crime and legal structures
Describing motion
Specific articles from papers covering up to date news items
Proverbs, idioms and fixed phrases
Manipulation of opinion and some rhetorical devises
Machines, tools and appliances
Names of non-everyday objects
Word constructions
Signs and symbols about town
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Introduction to dialects and variant pronunciation. Etymological parallels with
English
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Grammar
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Definite adjectives
Prepositional phrases and their usage
More irregular verbs
Relative adverbs and their rhetorical use
“faux amis” and confusable pairs of words/meaning, including:
the adjective liten and the adverb litt
Plural forms: suffixes. Irregular plural forms.
Prepositions of time
Learning Resources
Books
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Ellingsen & MacDonald: Her på berget, Cappelen, Oslo
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Teacher lecture notes and work sheets
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Authentic material as handouts
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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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