Continue to improve your understanding of the Norwegian language and Norwegian culture.
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6 hours
Norwegian for Beginners 2
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Develop your Norwegian speaking and listening skills
Build on what you have learnt in the Norwegian for Beginners 1 course and develop your Norwegian communication skills.
On this course, you will learn to speak in more complex sentences and describe other people and objects. You will understand how to use Norwegian past tenses in conversation and talk about what you have done and why. You will also cover grammar rules including the inflection of adjectives and subordinate clauses.
Whether you’re looking to move to Norway or simply learn the language, you will feel more confident in using basic Norwegian by the end of the course.
What topics will you cover?
- Actions in a timeline: Past tenses and future
- Describing persons and objects: Adjectives in indefinite and definite form
- Prepositions and adverbs in time and space
- The why and when of actions: Introducing subordinates
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Apply basic knowledge of Norwegian grammar to read and write simple texts and understand and produce very simple sentences in oral communication.
- Reflect on one's own language learning finding appropriate learning strategies
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at English speakers who want to learn Norwegian and have completed the Norwegian for Beginners 1 course.
What software or tools do you need?
To take part on this course, you need to use Norwegian characters on your computer keyboard.
Who will you learn with?
I'm an assistant professor in Norwegian as a second language at NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Currently, I also work as a researcher in Technology and learning.
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- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
Join a global classroom
- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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