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B eller C språk under felles allmenne fag

English translation: Second or Third Foreign Language in obligatory core subjects

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Norwegian term or phrase:B eller C språk under felles allmenne fag
English translation:Second or Third Foreign Language in obligatory core subjects
Entered by: David Rumsey

23:36 May 21, 2010
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy
Norwegian term or phrase: B eller C språk under felles allmenne fag
Vilkåret for bestått kurs er oppfylt dersom karakteren er 1 i kroppsøving og 1 i ett av fagene matematikk, B eller C språk under felles allmenne fag.
David Rumsey
Canada
Local time: 12:25
Second or Third Foreign Language in obligatory core subjects
Explanation:
or possibly, "Second or Third Foreign Language in common general subjects" depending on what they mean by "felles allmenne fag". "Fellesfag" is common core subjects and"allmennfag" is general subjects.
From the Directorate for Education and Training's own dictionary:
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jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 21:25
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Tusen tack!
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5 +1Second or Third Foreign Language in obligatory core subjects
jeffrey engberg
4(see discussion below)
Hege Jakobsen Lepri


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Second or Third Foreign Language in obligatory core subjects


Explanation:
or possibly, "Second or Third Foreign Language in common general subjects" depending on what they mean by "felles allmenne fag". "Fellesfag" is common core subjects and"allmennfag" is general subjects.
From the Directorate for Education and Training's own dictionary:



    Reference: http://www.duo.uio.no/sok/work.html?WORKID=94653
    Reference: http://www.udir.no/upload/ordbok_no_eng.pdf
jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 21:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
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Tusen tack!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vedis Bjørndal
7 hrs
agree  William [Bill] Gray
9 hrs
disagree  Hege Jakobsen Lepri: No, this is incorrect even according to the sources given for this answer. B/C- språk has nothing to do with whether it's 2nd or 3rd language, but deals with at what level one started studying the language
2 days 15 hrs
  -> I think you do not understand the Norwegian school system's nomenclature for how language studies are distinguished. In this context, A, B or C er very specific terms for which language you study: primary, secondary or terciary. No more, no less.
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2 days 19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(see discussion below)


Explanation:
C-språk = C-language (second, third, etc.
foreign language begun at the upper
secondary school – R-94)

B-språk = B-language (Second foreign
language begun at the lower or upper
secondary school – R-94)

"under felles almenne fag" I'd translate with "as part of the required core subjects"

In the text to be translated B/C-språk refers to a second foreign language (usually German, French or Spanish) started at either the lower or upper secondary school (middle school or high school).





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Note added at 3 days3 hrs (2010-05-25 03:33:26 GMT) Post-grading
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I'm sorry but the chosen answer is incorrect. I actually did finish my secondary education in Norway, and so did my 4 younger brithers and sister (who left secondary school between 1990 and 2004). I started studying my second language, German, in grade 8 and thus have German as a my B-language. One of my brothers opted out of German in Grade 8 and 9 and only started learning his second language in grade 10 and thus has German as his C-language in his diploma, even if both of us studied it as our second foreign language. Please see the udir link for the term "C-språk" above


    Reference: http://www.udir.no/upload/ordbok_no_eng.pdf
    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22required+core+subjects%22&...
Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Norway
Local time: 21:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
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