Norwegian (NOR01‑06)
Competence aims and assessment
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 on the purpose, content, genre features, language features and literary devices in the texts
- compare and interpret novels, short stories, poetry and other texts based on historical context and their contemporary period
- describe and reflect 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 their content and language features
- investigate and reflect on how texts present the life situation of young people
- recognise and use language features, literary devices and rhetorical language
- use sources critically, highlight quotes and refer to sources in a verifiable manner in one’s own texts
- explore and assess how digital media affect and change language and communication
- use 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 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 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 on the status of the official languages in Norway today
- explore linguistic variations and diversity in Norway and reflect 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.