LU1-NOR315 Norwegian 2a 1-7
Course description for academic year 2017/2018
Contents and structure
In Norwegian 2, students will gain an extended, research-based insight into the Norwegian language and textual knowledge and subject didactics. They will work further on the basic skills and with a wide spectrum of working methods, so as to obtain a deeper understanding of the connection between subject, subject didactics and practice.
HSH has chosen to place particular focus on oral genres and narrative arts in Norwegian 2 for 1-7.
Academic content. Specification of theme:
- Norm and variation in spoken and written Norwegian
- Factual prose in subject works and textbooks
- Text and formation in the subject of Norwegian over the course of time
- Composite texts
- Picture books/children's books in a historical perspective
Learning Outcome
knowledge:
- Has knowledge of linguistic change processes, previous and contemporary, about standardisation issues in modern Norwegian and about key characteristics of Norwegian dialects
- Has knowledge of which functions reading and writing have had and have now in our culture and about what characterises written communication in different media
- Has extensive knowledge about verbal and written genres and insight into how pupils from years 1 to 7 develop knowledge about these, and can use them in own textual work
- Has an overview of literary history, knowledge of important works in Norwegian fiction and non-fiction and knowledge of theories on composite texts
- Has knowledge of what happens when a children's literature text is transferred from one medium to another (adaptation)
skills:
- Can organise and implement adapted reading and writing tuition for years 1 to 7 according to sound academic principles, including for pupils for whom Norwegian is a second language
- Can use linguistic and textual knowledge actively in the guidance of pupils in the reading and writing process
- Can evaluate and reflect on various types of tests in reading and writing and use the results for the academic development of the pupils
- Can facilitate the oral linguistic development of the pupils
- Can give guidance in work on texts so that pupils can develop themselves, acquire knowledge and prepare themselves for active participation in public and society as a whole
- Can compare texts written for children with regard to content, form and function
- Can put key Norwegian texts in a historical context, interpret them and view them in the light of Nordic and other international literature
- Can read, analyse, interpret and evaluate composite texts and put them into a larger cultural and public context
general competence:
- Can evaluate his or her own practice as a teacher of Norwegian and justify the evaluations
- Has insight into the subject of Norwegian on the basis of research and in relation to the subject's history and can critically and constructively reflect on the subject from a historical perspective
- Has a conscious attitude to how discussions between teacher and pupils and discussions between pupils can act as learning tools
Entry requirements
Norwegian 1, 30 study points
Recommended previous knowledge
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Teaching methods
Classroom teaching, physical and by video transfer; teacher managed and with student activities. Presentations and seminar presentations, oral and written assignments, individual and in groups. Text creation and assessment: Practice assignments.
Compulsory learning activities
Approved written and oral study requirements. All study requirements are specified in the semester plan
Assessment
Portfolio
Examination support material
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