Learn the Nordic languages in classes offered in-person and virtually at Scandinavia House!
Norwegian 3/4 is a combined advanced beginner-level course that builds upon Norwegian 2 or its equivalent. All four core skill areas (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) are covered with an emphasis on conversational Norwegian. Continue to expand your vocabulary and master grammatical structures, while enhancing your conversational abilities, and deepening your cultural knowledge of all things Norwegian, through study of themes related to daily life. Students are encouraged to bring Norwegian topics of interest, into class, for discussion as well as talk about their own experiences in Norwegian. They will get to practice more in-depth conversations in class which will put grammatical structures to the test, all the while building on listening, and speaking skills. Focus will be given to pronunciation, Norwegian structure, tone, and flow.
There will also be weekly at-home assignments, and more, focusing on reading, writing, and grammar, as well as a recommended end-of-semester presentation. Students are strongly encouraged to watch and read Norwegian news, watch Norwegian shows and listen to podcasts/audio books, as often as possible, on a weekly basis at a minimum.
This hybrid class will be held both in-person and via Zoom; in-person attendance for the first four classes is highly recommended. Classes take place on Wednesdays from 7:15–9:15 PM beginning October 8 and ending on December 10. Please note that there will be no classes on November 26. The November 25 class will instead take place on Monday, November 24 and will be online only.
No prerequisites required; instructions for remote learning will be emailed upon registration. For questions about language levels, please contact Marie-Therese Bjornerud. Tuition is $675 ($607.50 ASF Members); 20 hours total class time.
Required & Recommended Material
The required text will be provided via PDF, before the first class.
Required:
Textbook: PA VEI TEKSTBOK, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202340940
Workbook: PA VEI ARBEIDSBOK, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202343163
Highly Recommended:
Word List: PA VEI Norsk-Engelsk Ordliste, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202372255
CD-set: PA VEI ELEV-CD til tekstbok, ELLINGSEN, 2012 – ISBN: 9788202371869
Also Recommended:
Online exercises (both oral and written) following the textbook
Notebooks for vocabulary as well as notes
Duolingo (Android, Apple) and other language apps to expand vocabulary and support the learning process