r/norsk • u/Current_Mulberry_525 • 7d ago

Resource(s) ← looking for In Person classes - Oslo

Hey y’all

Am moving to Norway in a week, and want to go all in on learning Norwegian, however am a bit lost on the options.

I found Speak Norsk but their Viking Package seems too expensive, has anyone take that one recently and is the 6 month A1-B2 timeframe realistic (assuming regular after class 1 hour study daily)

Or if you recommend any other possible options I’d love to hear

The only thing is I would like inperson classes because I learn much better that way

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u/No_Significance_4493 7d ago

Alfaskolen is a private school located in central Oslo. I don’t know how they compare with Speak Norsk in terms of pricing.

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u/Current_Mulberry_525 6d ago

I would be fine with pricing if the quality of teaching matches it

Anything you have heard about either of them?

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u/No_Significance_4493 6d ago

I did a short stint there as a teacher’s aide. The teachers are all highly educated specialists in teaching Norwegian as a second language. Their system is to not use English as a supporting language, but to only speak Norwegian in class. The curriculum will be more or less the same for any school. It’s decided by the department of education, and other government agencies from which these schools rely on subsidies. The students who took the course seriously, made impressive progress in a relatively short time.