Things we learned in class this week

Yet again we worked in group, but this time each group had a completely different task.  group 1 got Discussion, group 2 got Information, group 3 which was us got "typical Norwegian" and group 4 were secretaries/ assistants. After we gathered information, we all held a presentation in front of class to present our theme and information.

Group 1 showed us the chart on the picture below and asked us relevant questions which we had to answer. Some of the questions were:  Why do you think there are no Syrians on the chart? Why do immigrants come to Norway? The answers were that the reason to why there were no Syrians on the chart is because this is a chart that only shows the refugees that has legal citizenship. The reason to why immigrants come to Norway is to seek Freedom, Work and reunite with family and lastly to get an education. This group also had a discussion which revolved around the theme of foreign workers and what we think they would bring back from Norway and some positive and negative things about having foreign workers here.  Here it was brought up that most people would maybe take Nuggati, Salmon, Brown cheese, komler, milk chocolate and bacon sausage. One negative thing about having foreign workers is that it can be hard to integrate them into society, communication problems, body language can also be a problem, if you saw the video about hand gestures you can see that one hand gesture can offend a foreign person without you knowing. Some positive things are cheap and properly work.  We can learn about different cultures and traditions.

Group 2 showed us three different videos that they liked. I will link the three videos down below, but I will also tell a little bit about what they are about.  The first video, which Maren chose, was about American hand gestures that could get you in trouble in other countries.  The second video was chosen by Julia and the video reviled the experience of studying abroad in China.  The last video was about two youtubers comparing the culture in China and the culture in the USA.

My group, group 3, talked about typical Norwegian things. We chose to talk about the most typical Norwegian things we could think off like: Smalahove, Pinnekjøtt, Russ celebration, Cabin trip/ boat trip, Bunad, 17^th of may, skiing, brown cheese, cheese slicer (ostehøvel) and packed lunch.  This are things that brings out the typical in typical Norwegian. If you ask any Norwegian, those things will probably be mentioned right away. I will not tell so much more about all of them since I have a very interesting and fun video linked down below which explains typical Norwegian stuff in a fun and enjoyable way. However, I can tell a little bit about those things that I wrote down that weren’t mentioned in the video, which were: Cheese slicer, Pinnekjøtt/ smalahove, brown cheese and cabin/ boat trip. Cheese slicer is a Norwegian invention to cut cheese. It was invented by master carpenter Thor Bjorklund from Lillehammer in 1925. Norwegian are lost when it comes to cutting cheese without a cheese slicer.  Pinnekjøtt is cured, dried, smoked and then steamed lamb meat. It is very popular in Western Norway, especially at Christmas. A hardcore version, which I would never dare to eat, is Smalahove. Smalahove is a dish where you remove the brain of the head of the lamb, then salt the head, and the dry it. After that the head is boiled for around 3 hours. Only the bravest enthusiasts dare to eat the sheep´s eye.

The last group were just secretaries. They had the task to go around and make a google document in which all students were included.  In that google document there was a little bit about  what every group presented in front of us.

Maren´s video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWFPHW7BCCI

Julia´s video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdiyKMUuF4

Andreas´s video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg_q8YUuuzM

Typical Norwegian : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebqdwQzmSHM