Norwegian Classes - Spring '2010

During the spring of 2010 The Scandinavian School in San Francisco will offer one Norwegian language course at the Intermediate level. The course will consist of eight weekly lessons held on Wednesday nights, each lesson lasting 90 minutes from 7:00-to-8:30pm. The teacher will be Kristian Nergaard, the classes will be held at SSSF, and enrollment will be capped at 10 students to allow for individual attention. The course dates will be April 21 to June 9; please see course description below for more details.

You can download the registration form here . Prior to the class start date please send us your completed form, along with a check for your $260 tuition fee.

It is important that you send us the form along with a check with the tuition fee prior to class start. Send this to:

The Scandinavian School
Attn: Language Program
20 Woodside Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94127

Please note: There is a one-time registration fee of $25.00 for new students.

The Schedule:

The Intermediate class will be held Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm - 8:30pm, starting on April 21 and ending on June 9, 2010.

Level	Day	Time	Begins	Teacher
Intermediate	Wednesdays	7:00pm — 8:30pm	April 21	Kristian Nergaard

Some of our language teachers can offer individual private lessons for $50 per hour, or $80 per hour for 2-to-4 students. Please contact our school for more information or to set up an appointment with one of our teachers directly.

The Class

Intermediate Norwegian:
The focus of this course will be to expand on the language skills the students learned in SSSF’s "Beginning Norwegian" course (or which they may have otherwise learned elsewhere). Upon completion of the Intermediate course the students will be able to engage in more complete conversations with other speakers of the Norwegian language. We will discuss topics like vacations, work, family, food, hobbies, interests, and cultural issues. Emphasis will be placed on vocabulary expansion, more advanced grammar, and correct pronunciation. Conversations in Norwegian will be practiced as much as possible, and weekly homework will be assigned.

The textbook used for all Norwegian language classes at SSSF is called "Teach Yourself Norwegian", by Margaretha Danbolt Simons (2004 Edition). It is recommended that the students get the version that comes with two CDs, so they can also practice listening and pronunciation on their own between classes. The students are expected to obtain their own textbook and bring it with them to the first night of class, and registered students will be notified prior to the first evening about which chapter in the textbook the class will start.

Teacher Bios

Kristian Nergaard ( nergaard@comcast.net ) is a native of Oslo who has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1975. In addition to teaching Norwegian language he is currently an ESL teacher (ESL = English as a Second Language) who holds a Masters Degree in Education from the University of San Francisco. Kristian also holds California Teaching Credentials for teaching ESL in public schools, and he has been teaching Norwegian language at SSSF since the spring of 2005. He recently taught Norwegian language and culture for two years at Stanford University in Palo Alto, and he lives on Bernal Heights in San Francisco with his life partner Doug McCracken.

New Students- Download our registration form here

Returning Students- Download our registration form here

Download our payment agreement form (with cancellation policy)

For more information, please contact
Johanna Nordwall
School Programs Liaison
The Scandinavian School in San Francisco
Phone: 415-66 LEARN (665-3276)
Email: languageclasses@scandinavianschool.org