Business Norwegian – norwegian for business

Business Norwegian is an oral Norwegian course for you who work in Norway and want to improve the Norwegian you use in the workplace. The course can be used to work with both oral and written Norwegian. You decide for yourself what you want to work on, and we adapt the course to your wishes. We have course packages of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 hours. The hours must be used within 1 year from the order date.

Content of the course:

The first class is a 30-minute mapping class where we map your needs and make a plan for the way forward. The mapping is important so that we can help you as best as possible. We look at:

• • Background
  • Role
  • Title
  • Activities
  • Goal
  • Challenges/Solutions
  • Adaptation

Furthermore, the course will consist of various elements based on your needs:

Basic level

• Smalltalk at your workplace – how to talk to colleagues?
  • Formal (Norwegian sporty business casual)
  • Informal (Everyday / “the guys on the floor”)
  • Yes and no in Norwegian
  • Feedbacks
• Telephone, message and e-mail – here we adapt to what you need and look at what you use in your workplace
  • Painter
• Meeting vocabulary
  • Agenda / formal
  • Management
    • Clear communication/show authority in Norwegian
    • Motivate/Get the group on board
    • Humor and irony
  • Participation
  • Brainstorming
    • Idea
    • Suggestion
    • Project
  • Presentation technique
    • Style and audience
  • Planning, plans and action plan
  • Reports and minutes
  • Board Meeting
• Practical and strategic grammar (simplification)
  • Strategic use of the article, adjective and noun system
    • Give detailed instructions
      • Design and engineering language
    • Communicate directly and indirectly

Advanced level

• • “Lawyer language”
  • Speak diplomatically
  • Putting away the childish (Grammar/vocabulary)
  • Norwegian-English confusion
• Practical and strategic grammar (simplification)
  • Strategic use of the verb system
    • Talk generally and specifically
    • Communicate directly and indirectly
    • “Have the difficult conversation”
• Business model
  • Product/Value promise
  • The language of finance
  • Logistics and delivery
  • Branding, marketing and sales
• Project management
  • Time lines
  • Milestones
  • Completion
  • Methodology and templates
  • Business grammar
  • Stakeholder map and communication
• Subject adjustment

Teacher on the course – Øyvind Harv:

The course consists of individual lessons with our experienced teacher Øyvind. He has worked for many years with Norwegian at work, and will help you with what you need.

Øyvind comes from Kristiansand and has over 10 years’ experience with online teaching in language, communication and pronunciation.

Øyvind has lived in Berlin for over 10 years and therefore also speaks German.

There he eventually specialized in pronunciation design and business Norwegian.

After gathering experience from project management and communication, especially around research and development, he has taken the initiative to develop concepts around these fields.