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Norwegian Classes - Spring 2008

The classes will be held at the Scandinavian School, 20 Woodside Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127. The semester consists of 8 weekly lessons - each lesson an hour and a half.

The Schedule:
The next semester starts on April 30 and ends on June 18.

Classes are as follows:

The Sign-up
Each year, we have four semesters; two in the spring and two in the fall. You sign up for one semester (8 classes) at a time. Tuition is still $240 for 8 classes plus a one-time registration fee of $25 for new students.

If you plan to take a class, please contact our language program coordinator at languageclasses@scandinavianschool.org so we know the size of the class in advance. You can download the registration form here.

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

The Classes
During the winter and spring season of 2008 The Scandinavian School in San Francisco will offer two series of 8-week Norwegian language courses at the ‘Beginning’ and ‘Intermediate’ levels. The classes will be held at SSSF, and they are small (max. 10 students per class) to allow for excellent individual attention. See the course descriptions below for more details.

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. The students are expected to obtain their own textbook and bring it with them to the first night of class.

Beginners:
Upon completion of this course the students will be able to speak and understand easy-to-learn sentences and expressions commonly used when visiting Norway. The course will focus on correct pronunciation, simple conversation, vocabulary expansion, and basic grammar. Topics taught will include numbers, letters, food, days-of-the-week, months, seasons, and other useful words and phrases. Weekly homework will be assigned.

Intermediate:
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 otherwise bring to the class). 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.

Teachers’ Bio
Christine Frønsdal-Hopp was born and raised in Bergen, Norway. She has studied in Bergen, Bø, and Oslo, and more recently finished her MA in Social Science at SFSU (San Francisco State University). Christine has teaching experience from various educational fields.

In addition to working with regular K-12 classes she has also worked with mentally and physically challenged children, as well as young and adult immigrants in Norway. In 2003 she moved to San Francisco, and is now living in Bernal Heights with her husband John and their recently-born son Finn.

Kristian Nergaard is a native of Oslo who has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1975. He is currently an ESL teacher (ESL= English as a Second Language) with a Masters Degree in Education from the University of San Francisco. Kristian also holds a California Teaching Credential for teaching ESL in public schools, and he has been teaching Norwegian language at SSSF since the spring of 2005. He also teaches Norwegian language two days a week at Stanford University in Palo Alto.

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
Amanda Conomos
School Programs Liaison
The Scandinavian School in San Francisco
Phone: 415-66 LEARN (665-3276)
Email: languageclasses@scandinavianschool.org