Learning outcome

After successfully completing the course, the candidate will have achieved the following learning outcomes.

Knowledge

The candidate has knowledge of:

• Rhetoric as a tool of interpretation, and as a theoretical basis for the development of oral skills
• Modern Nordic children’s and adolescent literature
• Theory related to the second stage of learning to read and write
• Written genres, and how pupils in year levels one to seven develop their knowledge of this topic

Skills

The candidate can:

• Read, analyse, interpret and evaluate composite texts on a theoretical basis
• Analyse what happens when a text is transformed from one medium to another
• Organize and implement adapted instruction in reading and writing for children in year levels one to seven on the basis of theoretical principles
• Use and evaluate different tests in reading and writing, and use the results to facilitate the pupil’s development

• Evaluate their own practice as a Norwegian teacher and explain the evaluation

Course Description

The subject Norwegian concerns identity, culture, education and our relationship to the past and present. Through various theoretical approaches and a broad range of working methods, students will gain a thorough understanding of the relationships between the subject, didactics and practice.

The course will provide the student with research-based insight into various reading and writing theories with particular emphasis on the second stage of learning to read and write.

The multicultural aspect of Norwegian as a second language will be included in the course. Students will gain insight into Nordic children’s and adolescent literature research.

Composite texts in several genres make up the contemporary range of children’s texts. The course will focus on looking at adaptation from children’s literature to film, as well as analysis of composite texts such as children’s websites.

Film and children’s literature provides a natural context for the Nordic languages. The course will include a comparative approach to various Nordic literary texts for children, both written and composite.

Oral work in the classroom is central to the subject of Norwegian. The course emphasises oral genres as well as philosophical and literary discussions. Rhetorical theory includes concepts related to the creation and evaluation of oral texts, while they also provide us with the tools to analyse school textbooks, literary texts and composite texts.

The course is based on research-based knowledge, and the student will apply theoretical and methodological principles when writing their assignments.

Teaching and Learning Methods

The teaching and learning methods include: joint lectures, lectures, seminars, tutoring in groups, writing groups, Fronter and individual supervision. It is important that the student reflects on his/her own progression related to the course learning outcomes.

In the subject Norwegian, it is important for the student to write and produce texts. Genre theory is central and will be related to the student’s own writing.

The semester plan will be handed out at the beginning of each semester; the semester plan is a binding document that specifies the content of the course, mandatory requirements and information concerning the practical implementation of the course.

During the academic year students will also be given a number of assignments related to the teaching practice.

Assessment Methods

The course includes continuous and final assessment.

Continuous assessment consists of one written assignment and one oral presentation. The written assignment will be written in Bokmål. The student must receive passing marks in the assignments before he/she may take the examination and be given final assessment. The assignments will be assessed on a pass / fail basis.

The final assessment is a written home examination, linguistic or literary specialization (optional language variant), and an individual oral examination. Students will be given more detailed information at the start of the semester. The examination will be assessed with a letter grade (A – F), where A represents the highest grade and E the lowest passing grade. The final grade will be entered on the diploma.

The course description may be subject to minor changes.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean