Colloquial Norwegian: A complete language course (Colloquial Series) [Paperback]

Kirsten Gade (Author), W. Glyn Jones (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 29, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0415110092 | ISBN-13: 978-0415110099 | Edition: 1

Colloquial Norwegian is specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Norwegian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Norwegian your best choice in personal language learning?

• interactive – lots of exercises for regular practice
• clear – concise grammar notes
• practical – useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
• complete – including answer key and special reference section.

These two CDs, recorded by native speakers, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial course. While reinforcing material from the book, the CDs also contain a variety of additional exercises, including role-playing.  designed to perfect your speaking and listening skills.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Norwegian

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (March 29, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415110092
• ISBN-13: 978-0415110099
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #750,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for the intermediate beginner, August 15, 2001

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cptkomando (Colorado Springs, Co United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colloquial Norwegian: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

I'm in the military and began learning Norwegian for an upcoming exercise. I found this book rather informative, but too fast paced for the beginner. Luckily this was my third Norwegian instruction book.

I would reccommend that beginners start out with the book "Norwegian in 10 minutes a Day", as this will give you a basic understanding of the pronunciation by actually translating it phonetically next to the 'norsk ord'. As you go through the book, you will become used to the pronunciation of the words rather than having to flip to the pronunciation pages in other books. Once you have finished your "10 minutes a Day" book, I would recommend this book (with the tapes) or the Teach Yourself series.

I managed to study about 30 minutes a day for 6 weeks and scored fairly decent on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (1/1+). This language is fairly easy for English speakers, so good luck!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book to begin, November 7, 2001

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Rafael Tello (Oslo Norway) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Colloquial Norwegian: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

If you are going to begin to learn Norwegian from this book I would strongly recommend to buy it with the audio cassettes. The book is really good with the grammar and vocabulary but you must have an idea of the grammar terminology to get the most from this book.
This book helped me when I moved to Norway so I could have a "survival" vocabulary once in Norway and be very independent in my daily activities.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just great, especially the cassettes, June 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Colloquial Norwegian: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

This book contains grammar, vocabulary, conversations, just everything. This book is designed for beginners who have never learned norwegian. But after studying this book, you will have no problem with simple conversations. I particularly liked the cassettes. The narator explains norwegian easy to understand. You can learn norwegian simply by hearing the cassettes. I recommend you to buy cassettes because the norwegian language has a weird accent.