Norwegian (NOR01‑06)
Competence aims and assessment

Examples of connections

Explanation

Competence aims after Year 10

The pupil is expected to be able to

  • read fiction and factual prose in "bokmål" and "nynorsk" and translations from Sami and other languages, and
    reflect

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

    on the purpose, content, genre features, language features and literary devices in the texts
  • compare

    To compare means to examine the character or qualities to discover resemblances or differences between two or more issues.

    and
    interpret

    To interpret means to construct a perception or understanding of the meaning of a phenomenon, a practical situation or an artistic expression. The understanding often builds on an analysis of individual elements and how they are linked.

    novels, short stories, poetry and other texts based on historical context and their contemporary period
  • describe

    To describe means to portray or recount an experience, situation, work process or a topic. To describe something may also refer to using relevant terminology to systematise knowledge of a topic.

    and
    reflect

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

    on one’s own use of reading strategies when reading fiction and factual texts
  • listen to and read texts in Swedish and Danish and
    explain

    To explain something means to give a well-grounded explanation of a subject, an issue or something we wish to examine or implement.

    their content and language features
  • investigate and
    reflect

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

    on how texts present the life situation of young people
  • recognise and
    use

    To use means to apply something or to carry out a task to reach a goal. To use, which is closely related to apply, is understood as to utilise or to employ, for example, a method or a tool.

    language features, literary devices and rhetorical language
  • use

    To use means to apply something or to carry out a task to reach a goal. To use, which is closely related to apply, is understood as to utilise or to employ, for example, a method or a tool.

    sources critically, highlight quotes and refer to sources in a verifiable manner in one’s own texts
  • explore

    To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.

    and
    assess

    To assess means to consider different aspects of an issue or point of view. It may also include judging the quality of a product or process. An assessment often results in a decision, a judgement or a conclusion.

    how digital media affect and change language and communication
  • use

    To use means to apply something or to carry out a task to reach a goal. To use, which is closely related to apply, is understood as to utilise or to employ, for example, a method or a tool.

    appropriate terminology and argue in a reasoned way in discussions, conversations, oral presentations and written texts on interdisciplinary and subject-related topics
  • inform, relate, reason and
    reflect

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

    in various oral and written genres and for different purposes and adapted to the receiver and the medium
  • write texts with functional coherence and correct punctuation and master spelling and word inflection in the written first-choice and second-choice languages
  • use

    To use means to apply something or to carry out a task to reach a goal. To use, which is closely related to apply, is understood as to utilise or to employ, for example, a method or a tool.

    subject-related terminology and knowledge about grammar, text structure and genres in conversations on and revisions of texts
  • express him or herself in different genres and experiment with genres in a creative way
  • create multimedia texts and justify the choice of forms of expression
  • explain the historical background of "bokmål" and "nynorsk" and
    reflect

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

    on the status of the official languages in Norway today
  • explore

    To explore refers to experiencing and experimenting, often encouraging curiosity and sense of wonder. To explore may mean to sense, seek, discover, observe and examine. In some cases, to explore means to investigate different aspects of an issue through open and critical discussion. To explore may also mean testing or trying out and evaluating work methods, products or equipment.

    linguistic variations and diversity in Norway and
    reflect

    To reflect means to examine and consider different aspects of your own and others’ actions, attitudes and ideas. We may also reflect on a subject, practical activities or our own learning. Reflection means testing out our own thoughts and attitudes to develop better insight and understanding.

    on attitudes to different languages and language variants

Formative assessment

Formative assessment shall help to promote learning and develop competence in the subject. The pupils demonstrate and develop competence in Norwegian in Years 8, 9 and 10 when they read short and long texts in different genres, explore the context of the texts and reflect on how the context affects the interpretation of the text. They also demonstrate and develop competence when they use subject-related terminology, reason, reflect and experiment in oral and written genres and for different purposes. The pupils also demonstrate and develop competence when they use subject-related terminology when investigating and reflecting on variation in language and in conversations about their own and others’ texts.

The teacher shall facilitate for pupil participation and stimulate the desire to learn by allowing the pupils to use their imagination and to experience that experimenting with language is part of learning. The teacher shall facilitate for developing the ability of the pupils to persevere when reading long texts and exploring subject-related tasks. The teacher and the pupils shall engage in dialogue on the pupils’ development in Norwegian, both oral and written, in the first-choice and second-choice languages. With the competence the pupils have demonstrated as the starting point, they shall have the opportunity to express what they believe they have achieved and what they have improved. The teacher shall provide guidance on further learning and adapt the teaching to enable the pupils to use the guidance provided to develop their competence in the subject.

For the half-year grade assessment in Years 8 and 9, the teacher shall award one grade in oral Norwegian and one in written Norwegian. The half-year assessment in written Norwegian shall be based on the pupils’ writing competence in both the first-choice and second-choice languages. For the half-year assessment in Year 10, the teacher shall award three grades, as in the assessment of coursework after Year 10.

Assessment of coursework

The grade awarded for coursework shall reflect the overall competence of the pupil in Norwegian after completing Year 10. The teacher shall plan and facilitate for the pupils to demonstrate their competence in various ways, including through understanding, reflection and critical thinking, and in various contexts. The teacher shall award a grade in oral Norwegian based on the competence demonstrated by the pupil when talking about subject-related content. The teacher shall award a grade in written Norwegian first-choice language and a grade in written Norwegian second-choice language according to the competence demonstrated by the pupil in a variety of texts in different genres and for different purposes. When assessing written Norwegian in the second-choice language, the teacher shall take into account that the pupils have had a longer formal education in the first-choice language than in the second-choice language.