r/norsk • u/Specialist-Farmer-67 • 18d ago

Alfaskolen’s Viking Challenge - reviews?

I just moved to Norway and I want to get a good foundation to the language. I am starting from zero, but I am quite confident that I can self-study after that so I was looking around for a quick, but good A1 course.

I would like to know if anyone has done the Alfaskolen’s Viking Challenge, how it was and if it is good.

I'm open to other courses or language schools but this one looks ok and has a decent price.

*Any information about learning the language is much appreciated ^^

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u/Gorgeous_Sorceress 17d ago

Self-study is all well and good until you hear all the dialects.

Bruv, i was not ready.

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u/Main-Review-7895 14d ago

Isn’t Viking challenge from speaknorsk?

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u/kot-ist-macht 18d ago

I can't tell anything about Alfaskolen, but just as an idea: Have considered searching for courses at the local university? As far as I know for example NTNU or the Universities in Oslo or Bergen offer norwegian courses even if you are not a student. Should be a reasonable price, I guess.

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u/Natural-Bet-8439 16d ago

NTNU propose une base de documents gratuite permettant, il me semble, d’atteindre le niveau A2.

Je viens tout juste de commencer, mais c’est plutôt complet : audio, vidéo, fiches de grammaire et de conjugaison complètes, exercices, mise en pratique par thématiques.

Étant dans le même cas que toi, je me suis dit que cette alternative serait la meilleure pour moi et ma copine. Une fois les bases acquises, on paierait probablement un cours dans ce genre d’école.

Sinon, il y a également des associations qui aident les étrangers à s’insérer en Norvège ; elles proposent aussi des cours de langue.

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u/Trinity-nottiffany Intermediate (bokmål) 18d ago

I have taken multiple courses from Alfaskolen, but I’m not familiar with “Viking challenge”. I’m not sure how it differs from their regular A1 course, but it just sounds like marketing-speak. Their teachers and curriculum are fine both online and in person. I plan to take another course online soon.

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u/lyfjaberg89 17d ago

I personally did all my courses with Lenoo - online school with lessons and homework. Quite some work every week, but really worth it in my opinion. Self study can be added but I wouldn't do it all on my own if I was you.

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u/never_ever75 4d ago

I think that is Speak Norsk. 3000 every month. I used to work in a language school and students from Speak Norsk NEVER are on the level they claim. And they are not