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| aokoye Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5547 days ago 235 posts - 453 votes  Speaks: English*, German Studies: Dutch, Norwegian, Japanese | Message 1 of 3 22 June 2013 at 8:55pm | IP Logged |
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I have had an interest in Nordic countries for some time and have had an interest in
Scandinavian languages since I started studying German some years ago. I am lucky enough to go to a university that offers Norwegian and Swedish courses however they are both only offered up to second year (around A2 but I thinks the Swedish class ends at B1 or B2, I'm pretty sure it moves faster than the rest of the foreign language courses at my uni) with the first year course offered every other year as not enough people are interested in the languages. This means that this Fall Swedish 101 will be offered and Norwegian 201 will be offered. While I could take Swedish (and I am actually registered for it in the Fall) I am much more interested in Norwegian and Norway for some unknown reason. Because of this I have decided to spend this summer studying Norwegian in the hopes of entering into second year Norwegian in the Fall (in which case I wouldn't take Swedish). As of now I will be using the textbook Norsk Nordmenn og Norge along with the workbook and audio. This is the same textbook that my uni uses. I bought the text and workbook from the publisher in an ebook format (protected PDF I think) as well as the audio. I also have a hardcover copy of the book that I got from my Uni's library as sometimes it's easier for me to work from the same book in hard copy format rather than via my iPad. The book looks pretty good. It has a lot of reading passages which is very important to me and the workbook has dedicated listening exercises (including dictation) as well as answers for all of the exercises in the workbook. My primary worry is what my speaking ability and pronunciation is going to look like. Portland, Oregon doesn't have much of a Norwegian community but I'm on Skype all the time so I'll probably try to find someone to talk to in Norwegian on Skype. I'm not working this summer and thus have a lot of time on my hands to study so I'm going to attempt to make the most of it. If anyone has any suggestions on how to structure my time or resources to use I would love to read them. Edited by aokoye on 22 June 2013 at 9:03pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4527 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 2 of 3 22 June 2013 at 9:35pm | IP Logged |
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Would the first year courses be only 2h/week? If so, you shouldn't worry about your pronunciation compared to your classmates, they will probably suck even more.
If the course runs 4h/week + homework, you might get into trouble catching up, but you will see. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| aokoye Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5547 days ago 235 posts - 453 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Dutch, Norwegian, Japanese | Message 3 of 3 22 June 2013 at 9:55pm | IP Logged |
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Daegga - the first year course is 4/week + homework but it's four hours all in one day.
The scheduling is the main reason I didn't take Norwegian last school year but I have a feeling that it's the only time that the professor can have class. That said, if I don't make enough progress to take the second year class in the fall (Class starts the last week of September) I won't be heartbroken. I will be sad but it won't be the end of the world. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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