Multilingualism in a Sociolinguistic Perspective
Undergraduate course
- ECTS credits
- 10
- Teaching semesters
- Autumn
- Course code
- NORAN107
- Number of semesters
- 1
- Teaching language
- Norwegian. Danish and Swedish may also be used.
- Resources
- Schedule
Course description
Objectives and Content
Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, students will have:
Knowledge:
the student
- will have insight into the Norwegian multilingual situation
- will have an understanding of the historical background for the multilingual situation
- will have insight into multilingual educational policy
- will have knowledge of the language contact situation in Norway
Skills:
the student
- can account for various types of multilingual practices
- can account for language contact phenomena
- can reflect upon sociolinguistic factors influencing the acquisition and use of a second language
- can critically discuss and analyse language attitudes and language policy in a multilingual context
General competence
the student
- will have a sociolinguistic knowledge base about multilingualism occurring in the individual and in society
ECTS Credits
Level of Study
Semester of Instruction
Place of Instruction
Required Previous Knowledge
Recommended Previous Knowledge
Credit Reduction due to Course Overlap
Access to the Course
Teaching and learning methods
Lessons and seminar.
Student colloquia.
If less than five students are registered to a course, the department might reduce the teaching, please see the department's guidelines regarding this on Mitt UiB. In cases when this situation may arise, the students will be informed at the beginning of the semester, and before the deadline regarding semester registration 1.February/1.September.
Compulsory Assignments and Attendance
A paper of approximately 1,000 words submitted on the deadline decided by the course administration.
A paper that does not satisfy the minimum language and academic requirements must be submitted again. The minimum requirements must be satisfied upon second submission for the compulsory assignment to be approved.
Written in nynorsk.