NO-159 Norwegian for Lower Secondary School Level

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Master's 5-Year Programme in Teacher Education, level 5-10

Teaching language

Norwegian

Prerequisites

Students in the teacher education aimed at primary school must have passed NO-158 Norwegian for Upper Primary School Level

Course contents

Norwegian for Lower Secondary School Level is based on Norwegian for Upper Primary School Level, and prepares for teaching Norwegian at level 5-10 with main focus on lower secondary level. The course gives a historic overview and a more extensive knowledge about essential linguistic and literary topics, a deeper insight into current didactic questions and a broader basis for working with formative assessment and adapted Norwegian teaching for all pupils. Through the work with language and texts, the students will further develop their own language skills, text competence and teaching skills.

Work with the R&D project provides teaching of relevant didactic research for level 5-10. The paper is an independent and research based written work where the student formulates and answers questions related to a chosen problem. The problem is to be related to and orientated to the practice. The project gives a complete and coherent presentation of and reflection on essential questions related to professional practice.

The subject in the practice placement

Through the course the students will acquire a solid academic basis which will enable them to plan, implement and assess teaching Norwegian on level 5-10 in primary school. The students will be given practice related tasks that provide thorough training in didactic reflection. The experiences that the students obtain during the practice placement will be important in their further work with Norwegian as a subject.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Upon completion of the course the student will

• Have broad knowledge about linguistic variants and Norwegian as first and second language

• Have knowledge about language history, linguistic change processes earlier and in recent times, and current standardization of nynorsk and bokmål

• Have broader knowledge about the Sami language, literature and culture, national minority languages and neighbouring languages

• Have knowledge about the history of literature and broad knowledge about fiction from various times for children, youth and adults

• Have broad knowledge about different approaches to the didactics of literature and of various theoretical literary perspectives

• Have thorough knowledge about oral communication, reading and writing, and further development of basic skills

Skills

Upon completion of the course the students will

• Be able to use knowledge about grammar and language, texts and literature when analyzing oral, written and multimode texts

• Be able to prepare for varied work with language and literature in traditional and new media

• Be able to plan, implement and assess work with non-fiction and fiction from various perspectives and for different purposes on lower secondary level

• Be able to implement relevant methodology and new technology in ways that promote collaboration and academic progression when giving further reading and writing instruction on lower secondary level

• Be able to prepare teaching where pupils can read, write and discuss non-fiction and fiction of a variety of genres and modes, and adapt the further reading and writing instruction to pupils on lower secondary level

• Be able to map and assess reading and writing skills and give formative response to all pupils on lower secondary level

• Be able to write academic subject related texts in both language variants (nynorsk and bokmål)

• Be able to write a R&D project that formulates and replies to a chosen problem in line with scientific practice

General competence

Upon completion of the course the student will

• Have insight into the school subject¿s history and characteristics as a language -, culture -, literature - and formation subject

• Be able to acquire knowledge about subject material and subject specific didactical work methods through ethical learning processes

• Be able to present subject material on language, literature, texts and modes in relevant forms

• Be familiar with subject didactical R&D work and be able to discuss ethical problems related to research

Examination requirements

• 70% mandatory attendance requirements. This may be increased within certain themes which will be specified when the semester starts.

• Mandatory course work must be completed and passed. To be specified when the semester starts.

• Students in the teacher education: The practice period must be completed and passed.
  Single course students: A didactical work with a corresponding workload must be completed and passed.

Teaching methods

The course is organized with at variety of work methods in smaller and larger student groups. Emphasis will be put on student activities like group work, oral presentations and written assignments.

There will be reflection exercises related to reading and production of digital texts in order to promote the development of subject related professional digital competence.

A practice period of 15 days is included for students in the teacher education.
Single course students will do a didactical work of corresponding size.

The workload is estimated to about 800 hours.

Evaluation

The study programme manager, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1.

Admission Requirement if given as Single Standing Module

Single course students must have completed teacher education aimed at primary school with 30 credits Norwegian.

Assessment methods and criteria

• Individual R&D project (Different language variants must be used for the project and the written examination). (Counts 1/3)

• 6-hour individual written examination (Different language variants must be used for the project and the written examination). (Counts 1/3)

• Individual oral examination. (Counts 1/3)

Differentiated grades. All three parts must be passed and each part counts 1/3 towards the final grade.

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course	Reduction of Credits
NO-157 – Norwegian for Lower Primary Level 3	10
NO-138 – Norwegian - course 2	10
NO-139 – Norwegian - course 3	10
NO-160 – Norsk for mellom- og ungdomstrinnet	10
NO-136 – Norwegian - course 1	5
NO-136 – Norwegian - course 1	5
NO-137 – Norwegian - course 1	5