Norwegian Language Course, Elementary Level

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This is an intensive course. Elementary Norwegian language course

Course content

Intensive Elementary Norwegian level I is an intensive course offered in the summer semester. It is the first of a total of three courses that foreigners (or Norwegian citizens who do not master the Norwegian language) can take in order to meet the Norwegian language requirement for university studies in Norway.

Students work with texts and exercises relating to daily life (family, home, work, shopping, food etc.). Extensive practice in communicative speech functions, such as greetings, asking for and providing information, and expressing opinions and feelings. Work with the main features of Norwegian phonetics and grammar is also central to this course.
Learning outcome

Also available spring semester and autumn semester at the University of Oslo. See more information on our website.

Target group

Formal prerequisite knowledge
Applicants must meet basic requirements for entrance to higher education in Norway, except in Norwegian, and to be admitted you must submit required supporting documents.

Recommended previous knowledge
No previous knowledge of Norwegian language is necessary for this beginner's course.

Course aim

To understand clearly spoken Norwegian, to read textbooks and similar texts and to talk about subjects relating to everyday life. To pronounce Norwegian in a way that does not interfere with communication. To write about topics dealt with in the course and to express thoughts and opinions, albeit simply. To know the basic rules of Norwegian grammar.

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