| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-09-16 | - |
| 2025-01-20 | - |
| 2025-04-28 | - |
Program Overview
Course Overview
The Norwegian Elementary course is designed to help students extend their range of basic skills in Norwegian. The course is divided into three parts, each building on the previous one.
Who is this class for?
This level of Norwegian is post-beginner, allowing students to extend their range of basic skills. Students who have studied Norwegian for around a year or 60 hours should start with Part One. Those who have studied more than this may be able to join Part Two or Part Three directly.
Course Structure
The course follows a communicative approach to language teaching, focusing on the language needed to communicate in authentic situations with an emphasis on speaking and listening. The course is taught by experienced language teachers who are native speakers of the language or equivalent.
Learning Resources
The course uses the På Vei textbook. Students are advised to wait until the first session before buying the course book.
Part One
In Part One, students will cover the following topics and grammar:
Topics
- Talking about experience and expectations
- Spare time and hobbies
- Culture
- Writing an invitation
- Expressing joy, sadness or longing
- Health and nutrition
- Describing pain
Grammar
- Possessive pronouns (hans, hennes, deres, sin)
- Present perfect (har malt)
- Genitive (hans)
- Prepositions for time (for to uker siden)
- Ordinal numbers
Part Two
Part Two builds on what students learnt in Part One, covering the following topics and grammar:
Topics
- Climate and nature
- Describing an area
- Inter-cultural relations
- Living space, housing and furniture
- Expressions for place
- Talking about celebrations
- Expressing positive and negative feelings
Grammar
- Comparative and superlative adjectives (stor, større størst/big, bigger biggest)
- Prepositions for place (I Oslo/på fjellet)
- Quantifiers (mange og mye)
- Relative pronoun (som)
Part Three
Part Three is the final level of the Norwegian Elementary course, covering the following topics and grammar:
Topics
- Work
- Giving and receiving messages
- Education, childcare and school
- Knowing about the relationship between parents and school
- Expressing desire and uncertainty
- Talking on the phone
Grammar
- Primarily word order in subordinate clauses (da, når, før,) to express time
- Subordinate clauses (hvis) to express condition
- Adjectives in the definite form (den bilen/the car)
- Compound nouns (klasserom/class room)
Discounts and Booking Deadlines
- A 10% discount is available for undergraduate and postgraduate students and alumni.
- The booking deadline is 10 days prior to the start date of each Part.
Language Courses Term Dates
Online Courses – September Start
- Part 1: 16 September 2024 – 05 December 2024 (10 weeks)
- Part 2: 20 January 2025 – 10 April 2025 (12 weeks)
- Part 3: 28 April 2025 – 28 July 2025 (Monday courses) 12 weeks*
- Part 3: 22 April 2025 – 10 July 2025 (Tuesday - Thursday) 12 weeks
On-campus Courses – October Start
- Part 1: 30 September 2024 – 05 December 2024 (10 weeks)
- Part 2: 20 January 2025 – 27 March 2025 (10 weeks)
- Part 3: 28 April 2025 – 14 July 2025 (Monday courses) 10 weeks*
- Part 3: 22 April 2025 – 26 June 2025 (Tuesday -Thursday courses) 10 weeks
Meet the Teacher
Online meet the teacher sessions are available for students to discuss their language level, meet the teachers, and find out more about the courses.
One-to-One Tuition
Flexible one-to-one language courses are available, focusing on the student's needs to help them progress with the language of their choice. Lessons can be tailored to the student's needs, level, and capability.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This course is a post-beginner level Norwegian language course designed to help students extend their basic language skills. It is divided into three parts, each building upon the previous one. The course aims to equip students with the ability to communicate confidently in Norwegian in authentic situations, with a focus on speaking and listening.
Outline:
The Norwegian Elementary course is structured into three parts:
- Part One: This part is for students who have studied Norwegian for around one year or 60 hours. It covers topics such as talking about experiences and expectations, spare time and hobbies, culture, writing an invitation, expressing emotions, health and nutrition, and describing pain. Grammar topics include possessive pronouns, present perfect tense, genitive case, prepositions for time, and ordinal numbers.
- Part Two: This part is for students who have completed Part One or have studied Norwegian for about 80 hours. It builds upon the knowledge gained in Part One and covers topics such as climate and nature, describing an area, inter-cultural relations, living space, housing and furniture, expressions for place, talking about celebrations, and expressing positive and negative feelings. Grammar topics include comparative and superlative adjectives, prepositions for place, quantifiers, and relative pronouns.
- Part Three: This part is the final level of the Norwegian Elementary course and is for students who have completed Parts One and Two or have studied Norwegian for about 100 hours. It covers topics such as work, giving and receiving messages, education, childcare and school, knowing about the relationship between parents and school, expressing desire and uncertainty, and talking on the phone. Grammar topics include word order in subordinate clauses, subordinate clauses to express condition, adjectives in the definite form, and compound nouns.
Teaching:
The Norwegian lessons follow a communicative approach to language teaching, focusing on the language needed to communicate in authentic situations. The course emphasizes speaking and listening skills. Classes are taught by experienced language teachers who are native speakers of Norwegian or equivalent.
Other:
- The course uses the textbook "På Vei" throughout.
- Students are advised to wait until the first session before purchasing the course book.
- The distribution of course content across terms may vary from year to year due to the variable length of terms in different academic years.
- The course is offered both online and on-campus.
- Online courses start in September and on-campus courses start in October.
- The booking deadline for both online and on-campus courses is 10 days prior to the start date of each part.
- The course is currently closed for bookings, but students can register their interest and will be contacted when bookings re-open.
