Course Description
Begin Norwegian, NORWEGN 1B
Students will develop the basic elements of communicative competence in both spoken and written language within a cultural context.
Key Information
Credit: 6 quarter units /
4 semester units credit
UC Berkeley, Scandinavian
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
General Education: Fulfills L&S Foreign Language Req.
Major Requirement: fulfills lower division requirement for Scandinavian majors: Norwegian Concentration & Old Norse Concentration.
UC Davis:
Unit Credit
UC Irvine:
Unit Credit
UC Los Angeles:
Unit Credit
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: Elective units
UC San Diego:
General Education: ERC Foreign Language Requirement - third semester/intermediate level or fourth quarter course required for proficiency; TMC 1 course toward lower division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Sixth - 1 course NAHR
UC San Francisco:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Unit Credit
UC Santa Cruz:
Unit Credit
Prerequisites
Norwegian 1A or placement test administered by the instructor prior to enrolling.
Course Creator
Lotta Weckstrom
Dr. Lotta Weckström started her career in developing and teaching Finnish language courses during her undergraduate years at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, where she worked as a student instructor in 1996-1998. She taught Finnish at the Turku university Language Center, language immersion summer courses, and prior to being hired at UC Berkeley in 2007, she worked as a lecturer in argumentation, rhetoric and debating at the University Collegein Utrecht, the Netherlands. As a language instructor Weckström’s interest lies in creating a student focused, cultural classroom that takes in consideration the individual students back grounds, fields of study and prior experiences learning a language.
Weckström incorporated classroom technology in her day to day teaching even before COVID-19 sent all courses online. Finnish language classes have been offered in a mode where students from all UC campuses study together via Zoom, or a classroom & Zoom combination. Weckström is an experienced and enthusiastic instructor, her background in linguistics, years of language instruction, and interest in teaching technology create a unique learning environment for students from all walks of academic life. In her language pedagogy research, Weckström explores the use of technology and media in language teaching. Her current research project is developing “best practices” guidelines for distance teaching, and trauma informed pedagogy. Weckström’s Dissertation in the field of Applied Language Studies explores representations of Finnishness in Sweden, and focuses on the experiences of young people with Finnish background in Central Sweden. She studies concept of growing up speaking a minority language, vernacular use, humor and joking in interviews, as well as the multi facetted concept of immigration, immigrants and linguistic minorities as they are expressed by the participants of her research. She has published two books on her dissertation topic, and several articles on Finns in Sweden.
Dr. Lotta Weckström started her career in developing and teaching Finnish language courses during her undergraduate years at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, where she worked as a student instructor in 1996-1998. She taught Finnish at the Turku university Language Center, language immersion summer courses, and prior to being hired at UC Berkeley in 2007, she worked as a lecturer ...
Dr. Lotta Weckström started her career in developing and teaching Finnish language courses during her undergraduate years at the Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, where she worked as a student instructor in 1996-1998. She taught Finnish at the Turku university Language Center, language immersion summer courses, and prior to being hired at UC Berkeley in 2007, she worked as a lecturer in argumentation, rhetoric and debating at the University Collegein Utrecht, the Netherlands. As a language instructor Weckström’s interest lies in creating a student focused, cultural classroom that takes in consideration the individual students back grounds, fields of study and prior experiences learning a language.
Weckström incorporated classroom technology in her day to day teaching even before COVID-19 sent all courses online. Finnish language classes have been offered in a mode where students from all UC campuses study together via Zoom, or a classroom & Zoom combination. Weckström is an experienced and enthusiastic instructor, her background in linguistics, years of language instruction, and interest in teaching technology create a unique learning environment for students from all walks of academic life. In her language pedagogy research, Weckström explores the use of technology and media in language teaching. Her current research project is developing “best practices” guidelines for distance teaching, and trauma informed pedagogy. Weckström’s Dissertation in the field of Applied Language Studies explores representations of Finnishness in Sweden, and focuses on the experiences of young people with Finnish background in Central Sweden. She studies concept of growing up speaking a minority language, vernacular use, humor and joking in interviews, as well as the multi facetted concept of immigration, immigrants and linguistic minorities as they are expressed by the participants of her research. She has published two books on her dissertation topic, and several articles on Finns in Sweden.
