Norwegian subject curriculum (NOR1-04)

Competence aims after Vg2 – programmes for general studies

Oral texts

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• assess and give feedback on oral presentations of others
• assess one's oral development
• present themes from the Norwegian subject curriculum and give a critical review of the material presented

Written texts

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• read a selection of significant Norwegian texts from the middle ages up to 1870 in the original language and reflect upon the language and content
• elaborate on similarities and differences between the Nordic languages and between the Norse and modern Norwegian languages
• analyse texts in various genres in order to be able to relate to the issues raised by the texts and their values
• describe and assess one's own reading and writing strategies
• write essays, literary interpretations and other reasoning texts in the first-choice and second-choice Norwegian languages based on literary texts and Norwegian text and language history
• elaborate on a selection of Nordic texts in translation and in the original language

Composite texts

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• analyse and assess various genres in texts taken from TV, films and the internet
• use various media to interpret and present texts from various epochs
• assess the use of aesthetic techniques in various media

Language and culture

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• elaborate on important lines of development and some major authors in Norwegian and European literature from the middle ages to the Romantic period and the relationship between this literature and other European cultural history
• explain how various concepts of what was typically Norwegian were created in major texts from 1800 to 1870
• explain how literature and other art expressions in and outside of Norway have mutually influenced each other in recent centuries
• discuss and elaborate on fellowship and diversity, cultural encounters and cultural conflicts based on a broad selection of Norwegian and foreign contemporary texts in various genres
• discuss and elaborate on aspects of Norwegian language policy and cultural development in a globalisation perspective
• assess linguistic nuances in translations from other languages mastered by the pupil