danbenshaul Newbie United States Joined 5436 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Norwegian
| Message 1 of 8 31 January 2010 at 8:24pm | IP Logged |
Hello people,
I recently decided to go all the way with Norwegian, mostly for a hobby and I plan to
go to Norway someday. One of the first things I found was the lack of resources. I went
through Pimsleur I (the only level available in Norwegian) before I realized there was
more to language learning. I ordered Teach Yourself in Norwegian, and I'm not quite sure
where to go from there, and Assimil does not have Norwegian for English speakers. Any
suggestions on where to go?
Edited by danbenshaul on 31 January 2010 at 8:25pm
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tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5452 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin
| Message 2 of 8 31 January 2010 at 8:30pm | IP Logged |
You could try to get hold of an old Linguaphone Norwegian Course.
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translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6918 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 3 of 8 01 February 2010 at 1:07am | IP Logged |
Check this site out. It has video, audio and transcripts:
Everyday Norwegian
Edited by translator2 on 01 February 2010 at 1:07am
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magister Pro Member United States Joined 6602 days ago 346 posts - 421 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Turkish, Irish Personal Language Map
| Message 4 of 8 01 February 2010 at 1:58am | IP Logged |
Visit Louis Janus' list of links. Perhaps something there will catch your eye.
But in terms of old-fashioned non-Internet resources, try:
- The old Linguaphone course
- Colloquial Norwegian
- Norwegian: An Essential Grammar (by Strandskogen) or Norwegian Verbs and Essentials of Grammar (by Louis Janus)
- Spoken Norwegian (by Haugen)
I don't know the new Teach Yourself Norwegian, but if you find yourself unsatisfied with it, look for the old version by Marm and Sommerfelt.
Also, check out Alexander Arguelles' videos on YouTube. He has extensively reviewed many language-learning products there. Might be helpful.
Lykke til!
Edited by magister on 03 February 2010 at 4:49am
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Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5527 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French
| Message 5 of 8 10 February 2010 at 6:39pm | IP Logged |
Does anyone know where I can get a complete "old Linguaphone Norwegian course"? I did a quick search and couldn't find any, except torrents, so...
Edited by Rikyu-san on 11 February 2010 at 1:15pm
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taKen Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mindofthelinguist.woRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6116 days ago 176 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Dutch, French Studies: German, Icelandic
| Message 6 of 8 10 February 2010 at 6:42pm | IP Logged |
Rikyu-san wrote:
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Ebay?
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goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6367 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map
| Message 7 of 8 10 February 2010 at 11:02pm | IP Logged |
Rikyu-san wrote:
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Check out uz-translations.net
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davidwelsh Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5528 days ago 141 posts - 307 votes Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, Norwegian, Esperanto, Swedish, Danish, French Studies: Polish, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Pali, Mandarin
| Message 8 of 8 25 February 2010 at 1:02am | IP Logged |
I teach Norwegian to immigrants in Oslo, and the best resource I've found is from a Norwegian company called Cyberbook, who produce materials for schools. Their website is www.kunnskap.no. They have courses for levels A1, A2 and B1 of the Common European Framework, available online and as printed textbooks. They're in Norwegian only, but I think if you've already got the basics you should be able to follow the courses without to much difficulty.
The titles for Norwegian as a Foreign Language are called NorskPluss (for adults) and NorskPluss Ungdom (for young people). There are some sample chapters available online at the website above (just click on the NorskPluss (Ungdom) link in the "Demo" bar on the right hand side).
A year's access to the online material costs 550NOK and the printed books are 250NOK for the textbook and 150NOK for the workbook. (Edit: These prices exclude sales tax (MVA). I'm not sure whether you'd have to pay that if you're ordering from outside Norway...)
Edited by davidwelsh on 25 February 2010 at 1:18am
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