Norwegian subject curriculum (NOR1-04)

Competence aims after Vg1 – programmes for general studies and after Vg2 – vocational education programmes

Oral texts

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• master various oral roles in group discussions, lectures, dramatisations and presentations as actor and listener
• use relevant and unbiased arguments in discussions and demonstrate an open attitude to the arguments of others
• use knowledge of the Norwegian language in conversations on texts
• use specialised knowledge from your education programme in lectures and discussions about school, society and working life

Written texts

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• discuss content, form and purpose in a representative selection of contemporary texts, fiction and factual prose in the first-choice and second-choice Norwegian languages and in translation from the Sami language
• give an account of a wide register of linguistic devices and explain their function
• use a broad register of linguistic techniques when writing factual prose and creative texts, in first-choice and second-choice Norwegian languages
• explain the argumentation found in factual prose
• master various writing roles found in school, society and working life
• write technical texts related to your education programme
• use computer technology for filing texts and systematising them

Composite texts

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• combine oral, written, visual and auditory forms of expressions in presentations
• describe the interaction between oral and written language, images, sounds and music, movement, graphics and design, and show the relationship between content, form and purpose
• describe aesthetic expressions in drama, film, music video, newspapers and advertising and discuss and elaborate on various functions of language and images
• use digital tools for presentation and publication of one's own texts

Language and culture

The aims of the training are to enable the apprentice to

• assess narrative techniques and values in a representative selection of contemporary texts from Norse and Sami literature, myths and popular fiction from several countries
• explain multilingualism and give examples of how linguistic and cultural interaction may contribute to linguistic changes and cultural awareness
• explain grammatical characteristics of the Norwegian language compared to other languages
• elaborate on the diversity of oral, written and composite genres and media in current Norwegian society, and the role they play in the general public
• describe and evaluate how language and genres are used by representatives of different professions and in different social settings
• collect, assess and apply subject material from digital sources in spoken and written work