Reddit reviews Norwegian Verbs And Essentials of Grammar

I've been recommended the following book by a fair amount of people before I started formally taking Norwegian, and we actually use it in my Norwegian classes at school; you might find it useful to check out :) It helps with the grammar stuff that Duolingo can't really teach you.

http://www.amazon.com/Norwegian-Verbs-And-Essentials-Grammar/dp/084428596X

Not too sure about Michel Thomas tbh.

For myself, I've just progressed through Memrise A1 course: http://memrise.com/course/189711/a1-beginner-norwegian-with-audio/ and then onto lots of vocab, then I read this: https://www.amazon.com/Norwegian-Verbs-Essentials-Grammar-Louis/dp/084428596X and from there I just watch Norwegian TV shows and stuff, I think I'm at about a B1 level

Anyway, we have a cool Discord chat group running 24/7 at the moment, you will get instant responses about that book pretty much from other people that maybe know more than I do haha

Here it is: https://discordapp.com/channels/202189706383982605/202189706383982605

Feel free to come by and introduce yourself, we talk Norwegian lots but also talk English just as much

Copy and pasted from a comment I posted on a similar question.

When I first started I thought I probably wouldn't be speaking so much so I'll concentrate more on writing and reading. If there was one thing I wish I did more it would have to be actively seeking out speaking partners or finding Norwegian friends on the internet. Reading and writing is picked up pretty quickly but speaking and listening with real Norwegian people is a whole other thing. I'ts understanding the dialects and learning the slang that really brings you up the next level and you'll be at a real disadvantage if you travel to Norway after say a year of focusing just on writing and you'll find yourself wondering why you can't understand anything anyone is saying. Anyway rant over! :D

I used Lang-8 for writing and if you start using it early on it can be fun to look back on sort of like a log of your writing progress.

As for resources, personally I used the Teach Yourself Course while also listening to the Pimsleur Norwegian audio lessons.

The Teach Yourself Book which I used doesn't get the most amazing feedback on here I don't think but for me if was perfect as a beginner who had just listened to a few Pimsleur audio lessons and read some stuff on the internet. I could feel myself improving at a pretty rapid rate, I remember being half way through the book and thinking that i could have a half decent conversation with a norwegian person. So yeah for a start it worked great for me.

I followed that book up with the Norwegian Verbs and Essentials of Grammar, this book was mainly to give the information that i felt the TY course was lacking in. I ended up just picking out the things I needed to know and then it went on the shelf without actually being fully read. However I know it's a good book as it gets recommended quite alot in this subreddit.

Norwegian on the Web is also a pretty good well structured resource however it was something I found when I was coming towards the end of my studies so didn't use it that much. Also the case with the Norwegian Duolingo although I should probably still use this as it's a good fun way to learn new vocabulary.

The last thing i'll say is that if you really want to make some good progress and you find yourself slacking just try and do one thing everyday related to Norwegian. It doesn't really matter what it is, could be listening to an audio clip, reading the newspaper, a book, online course, whatever, even if it's just for 15 minutes it's better than nothing and it all adds up to helping you on your way.

Good Luck! :D

P.s Norway is awesome!