ELE426 Norwegian Language III: Norwegian Business and Society

• Topics

  Topics

  Topics from Norwegian business and society (Norwegian political system and structures, the welfare state)

  Norwegian business and challenges in Norwegian economy (Norwegian economical policy, Norwegian business, water, oil and alternative energies)

   

  Professional genres:

  Letters, emails, memos, reports, essays  

• Learning outcome

  Upon successful completion, you:

  Knowledge

  • Have a broad insight into and an understanding of the Norwegian society
  • Have an understanding of Norwegian business
  • Have insights into Norwegian demography and politics
  • Understand Norwegian cultural codes

  Skills

  • Have good practical knowledge in Norwegian language with emphasis on the economic and administrative language.
  • Are able to express yourself well in Norwegian and in various economic and administrative genres.
  • Have command of the formal criteria of the economic and administrative genres: letters and emails, reports, memos, case presentation

  General competences

  • Are able to communicate in written and spoken Norwegian in most contexts and adapt the language after the contexts it is used in.
  • Are able to present and argue for a case in a good and suitable language.
  • Have intercultural competence and understanding of different cultural codes.

• Teaching

  Lectures

  Individual tasks

  Individual presentations

  Group Tasks

  Group Presentations

  Discussions

• Restricted access

  This course is reserved for students with a limited knowledge of the Norwegian language. Students with Norwegian as mother-tongue or Norwegian as a second language will not be accepted for the course.

• Required prerequisites

  NOR11 or equivalent knowledge (corresponding to level B1)

• Requirements for course approval

  Topic for the term paper must be approved by the course responsible

• Assessment

  The final evaluation consists of two parts, portfolio and oral exam 

  Portfolio (60%):  Scale A-F

  the portfolio consists of three texts:

  - Two shorter texts counting 20 each of the written grade

  - One term paper on a topic by own choice, but related to Norwegian society and business, around 1400 words. Counts 60% of written grade

  The written tasks must be handed in at the dates specified at the start of the semester. 

  Oral exam (40%): Scale A-F

  the oral exam consist about 20 minutes conversation. First a approx. 10 min long presentation / summary of a texts. the text has been given 20 minutes prior to the exam. then approx 10 minutes conversation about other topics related to the course.

  Grades are given separatly for oral and written. Both parts has to be passed in the same semester. If the course is retaken, both parts has to be taken again.

• Grading Scale

  A-F

• Literature

  Mandatory litterature

  Kirsti Mac Donald: Norsk grammatikk, norsk som andrespråk - Arbeidsbok

  Tekster texts handed out in class and that are accessible on Canvas

   

  Recommended litterature

  Maagerø og Simonsen: Norway: Culture and Society

  Bokmålsordboka