Norwegian Compact

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About The Norwegian Language

Norwegian belongs to the Scandinavian language group, which also includes Danish, Icelandic, Swedish, and Faroese (Finnish, despite the fact that Finland is part of Scandinavia, is not at all related to any of these languages and in fact belongs to an entirely different language family). It is the official language of Norway and is the native language of virtually all Norwegians.

There are actually two official Norwegian languages: Bokmål, or Dano- Norwegian, is by far the more common of the two and is used by all media and most Norwegian literature, and Nynorsk, or New Norwegian, which is a 19th-century creation in an attempt to revive the conventions of Old Norse. Both Norwegian languages are recognized and used by government and educational institutions. The native Norwegian speakers on the Pimsleur Compact Norwegian tapes speak a well-educated Bokmål, and by imitating their pronunciation you should be able to make yourself understood throughout Norway with little difficulty.

Why The Pimsleur System Works

The late Dr. Paul Pimsleur was much more than a language teacher. He did research on how both children and multi-lingual adults learn languages and discovered key principles that unlocked the mystery of how we learn languages.

The Pimsleur programs provide a method of self-practice with an expert teacher and native speakers in lessons specially designed to work with the way the mind naturally acquires language information. The various components of language -- vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar -- are all learned together without rote memorization and drills. Using a unique method of memory recall developed by renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur, the programs teach listeners to combine words and phrases to express themselves the way native speakers do. By listening and responding to thirty minute recorded lessons, students easily and effectively achieve spoken proficiency. » The Pimsleur Method «