UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Norwegian Level 4+
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Norwegian level 4 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 who have an advanced knowledge of Norwegian
to develop further their fluency and appropriateness of language use. Students should be
able to comprehend most discussions and debates on an extensive range of issues as well as
interact with a wide range of situations using complex and linguistically sophisticated
structures. Socio-cultural issues will be extensively covered.
Functions
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Ability to partake in most non-specialist debates
Presenting one’s ideas clearly, and cope with interruptions and ‘dynamic’
communication
Improving reading skills of complex text
Improving listening skills
Develop a fuller overview of Norwegian popular and political issues.
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
The course will to a greater extent than the lower levels depend on student interests and
input, to give a more rewarding focus to the fields of study, but will include the following:
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New technologies
Press and media
Arts, culture, crafts
Professional tasks, duties and work related issues
Historical developments
Trade links
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Recognising/understanding various registers and dialects
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Grammar
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All verb tenses including non-standard usage
Correct position of negation in sub-clauses (position of relative adverbs (ikke, alltid,
kanskje, aldri..)
Logical and emotive registers and structures
Detailed use of subjunctions and conjunctions
Accuracy in prepositional use
Wide use of expressions and phrases appropriate to various registers and topics.
Stylistic levels, rhetorical devices.
Learning Resources
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A compendium of authentic texts and articles for reading comprehension and detailed
syntactical features.
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A large dictionary
Cappelen: “Stor Norsk-Engelsk” “Stor Engelsk-Norsk”, Oslo or
Kunnskapsforlaget: “Stor Engelsk” + “Stor Norsk” ordbok, Oslo
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Advanced Grammar:
Golden, MacDonald, Ryen: Norsk som fremmedspråk. Grammatikk, Universitetsforlaget,
Oslo
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On spelling, punctuation and writing conventions:
Finn-Erik Vinje: Skriveregler, Aschehoug, Oslo.
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Online monolingual dictionaries:
http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/ordboksoek/ordbok.cgi
http://www.ordnett.no/ordbok.html
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Norwegian online Encyclopedia:
http://www.caplex.no/
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