Undergraduate Course: Foundation Icelandic Language 2 (ELCS07011)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is a continuation of Foundation Icelandic Language 1. It is designed to build on the level of spoken and written knowledge developed in the first course. As such, it requires previous knowledge of Icelandic to approximately level A1 on the CEFR scale. On successful completion of this course, students will have progressed to level A2 on the CEFR scale. All students will take all elements of assessment, including the centrally arranged examination. Auditing (Class Only participation) is not permitted on any Foundation Language course, with no exceptions. |
| Course description |
Having been introduced to the basics of modern Icelandic language and culture in Foundation Icelandic Language 1, you will be well-equipped to take the next step up the linguistic ladder.
In Foundation Icelandic Language 2, you will learn to use grammatical features such as strong verbs, the simple past tense and the genitive case. You will also expand your vocabulary and communication skills through a series of learning activities designed to boost your speaking confidence and refine your reading and listening skills. At the same time, the thread of modern Icelandic culture will continue to be woven around the linguistic aspects of the course, giving you an insight into the country and its people as well as their mother tongue.
Over the course of 10 weeks, Foundation Icelandic 2 will help you improve your Icelandic pronunciation, master new expressions, and move beyond basic conversation. You¿ll learn how to express your opinions on all sorts of everyday matters, speak more richly about yourself and your background, and deal with more complex interactions. You will also learn to interact in routine situations and talk more about your immediate needs, as described in the CEFR at level A2/1.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 25 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
In hybrid learning environment
Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
In non-hybrid years
Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 % |
| Feedback |
Students will receive formative feedback on regular homework exercises, formative and summative feedback on class tests (listening and written), and summative feedback on the written examination.
Additional verbal feedback will be available on request. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of personal relevance, such as personal information, local geography, employment/ study; communicate in routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters; describe in simple terms aspects of her/ his background and immediate environment.
- Demonstrate Icelandic language competence comparable to the CEFR Level A2/1; have short conversations and ask and answer simple questions about familiar topics; ask and answer simple questions about things in the past. (e.g., yesterday, last week, last year); understand short, simple texts on familiar subjects, which consist of high-frequency, everyday or job-related language; write about things and people he/she knows well using simple language, for example descriptions of friends, what happened during the day.
- Produce and read texts on basic everyday themes; listen, speak and write at A2/1 level.
- Give a short presentation on an aspects of life in Iceland; demonstrating an ability to ensure the use of reliable language resources both printed and/or digital (e.g. bilingual dictionaries, grammar books, translation tools).
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Reading List
Learning Icelandic (Auður Einarsdóttir, et al., 2014. Reykjavík: Mál og menning)
Learning Icelandic Grammar Exercises (Guðrún Theodórsdóttir, 2008. Reykjavík: Mál og menning)
Colloquial Icelandic (Neijmann, Daisy, 2014. Abingdon: Routledge)
Íslenska fyrir alla (http://tungumalatorg.is/ifa/)
Snara.is (https://snara.is)
Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls (http://bin.arnastofnun.is/forsida/)
Further worksheets, written and audio materials will be provided via the course LEARN page. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
The students will be encouraged to develop positive study-habits which will be of use to them in other disciplines, particularly in the further development of Icelandic but also in the acquisition of other new languages. Where relevant, students will be able to continue their study of Icelandic in any other University at CEFR level A2+.
The students will acquire the following transferable skills in each element of the course:
a) Writing
The students will learn how to be accurate with unfamiliar orthography and this will teach them the value of care and precision.
b) Listening and Reading
The students will learn how to extract essential information from a simple body of unfamiliar written or spoken language, even though there might not be total comprehension. The students will develop the skill of using known material in these language sources to make appropriate deductions and informed guesses about the meaning of material that is new to them.
c) Speaking
The students will develop the ability to progress from learned formulaic responses towards a more spontaneous generation of language. The development of this creativity is one of the most important elements of language learning.
d) General
In addition to the specific skills mentioned in a) to c), students will learn the skills of using a dictionary intelligently, learning vocabulary systematically, and understanding the rules - and exceptions - of grammar. |
| Keywords | Icelandic,Iceland,Viking,Nordic,Scandinavia,saga,linguistics,geography,volcano,glacier |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Max Naylor
Tel:
Email: m.naylor@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Gillian Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Gillian.Paterson@ed.ac.uk |
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