Sámi language introduction course

SAM 0104 North Sami Language Introduction Course Part 2

 

  • Language of instruction: Nothern Sami and Norwegian
  • Campus: “Barentshuset” UiTs campus, Kirkenes
  • Course provision: The course includes 2,5-week with physical day sessions, as well as evening classes. It is not possible to follow the teaching online. Organized teaching is around 150 hours.
  • Code application web: 1997
  • 15 credits
  • Studieplan norsk
  • Studieplan engelsk
  • Studieplan samisk
  • Pensum
  • Lectures, gatherings and schedule can be found here!
  • If you have any questions regarding the application or the application process, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at the academic administration by mail oahppohalddahus@samas.no

Sámi University of Applied Sciences offers introductions study in Northern Sámi for beginners that doesn't speak or write Sámi. aThe introduction studies might also suits those who has a passive language, but doesn't speak it. 

The environment of communication is organized among others for practical situations. The students are expected to communicate in Sami language among themselves and to the teachers whenever working. Central learning themes are connected to Sami traditions, life sustaining issues and other areas. The introductory headlines for the themes are:

The local environment
- Me and my family
- the community and buildings
- clothing
- socializing and service situations

Life Sustaining issues
- time concepts (hours, days and nights, months, seasons)
- weather, travelling and navigation
- nature terms and place names

Basic societal encounters
- art, traditional handicraft, literature, religion and music
- Sami institutions
- media and other means of communication

The oral communication taking place in practical situations in various enviroments will form basic sentences encouraging practice of the part of speech inflect patterns and consonantal gradations touching upon the most common derivations.

The conditions for a successful learning and achievements are active participation in oral practices, group assignments and instructions.
The lecturer organizes learning situations in order to provide a safe language practice environment. The teaching is offered through physical day sessions and evening classes. Additionally, some of the teaching is online. Some of the evening classes the lecturer is online, but students follow the teaching from the classroom together with their local lecturer/language assistant.
Fellow students along with encouraging environment as well as teaching resourced concretized tools will function as a support to the language execution.
Sami lingual and in particular traditional skilled individuals who are invited as guest lecturers for specific themes, will support the students to achieve communication competence.
The student will prove individual learning with a work portfolio. The student will document language production in connection with themes, like picture texts and dialogues.
In connection with the studies instructions will be offered. The basis of the instruction is the reflectional log of the student and the work portfolio

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Entrance requirements

The Sámi language competence should be on level with the learning outcomes in SÁM-0103 North Saami Language Introduction Course Part 1 (15 stp) or SAAL 1 Introductory North Sámi Language in Practical Situation –Part I (15 stp). The course is intended for beginners or those who have a passive knowledge of the Sámi language but do not speak it. According to the regulations for admission to higher education, beginner´s courses and semester courses in in Sami language are exempted from the requirement for Higher Education Entrance Qualification. The exception applies to applicants who have a Sami connection due to Sámi Univeristy of Applied Sciences regulations. The exception applies to applicants who have a Sami connection according to the following alternatives
• Sami who have lost their language and want to learn Sami language, or
• Employees at public institutions in Sami areas who want to learn Sami language, or
• Others (eg, applicants who live in a Sami family or in a Sami area and wants to learn Sami)

The course has 15 study seats. Prioritization of study seats is done according to the regulations on admission to studies at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences § 5-4 (2):
1. Sami who have lost their language and want to learn Sami language
2. Employees at public institutions in Sami areas who want to learn Sami language
3. Others (eg, applicants who live in a Sami family or in a Sami area and wants to learn Sami) Applicants will write motivation letters explaining which of the alternatives are the basis for the application.