Norwegian Language Course - Where?

[n00b]

I am wondering where to find a Norwegian language course in Thailand that also happens to be a nice place to stay for a few months. My girl will be attending. I would like there to be some quality and I would like to find out if it exists in any of the following places. Hua Hin, Koh Samui, Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Jomtien. I might consider Phuket or Pattaya, but not my first choices. If there were a Thai course in the same language school that ran simultaneously that would be perfect.

Any suggestions?

[n00b]

Are there no fellow Norwegians on here that might now?

[Semper]

Would it be possible for you to teach her yourself? (I presume this is your gf.)

[ayayay]

Learn Swedish, and then just speak as you where always super over the top happy, positive, and in general all around very pleased with everything, at all times.

That is Norwegian language.

[BigJohnnyBKK]

I don't think there's enough demand for such a service to be offered in the private sector.

There might be one or two teachers employed by one or more of the major universities here, but I think even that is unlikely.

I think your best bet would be to locate and purchase your learning materials, proceed mostly in self-study mode, then attempt to locate a native Norwegian speaker to help with pronunciation feedback. Unfortunately most Norwegians that would be willing to do so at a reasonable hourly rate would live in Pattaya, less so in Phuket, maybe Hua Hin? But hardly anywhere else.

I know many Thai girls happily living in Norway, most of whom hadn't one jot of the language before going over. No problem finding learning programs over there, I believe a requirement for the paperwork to work and get citizenship, so most likely subsidized too.

They tend to forget their English after a while, pretty big commitment to one small country. But one I can understand, always ranks right up at the top of the charts, never less than top ten, both in pure economic terms and most especially in the broader quality-of-life surveys.

And unlike the Middle East countries they'll have something to show for it when the oil runs out.

[astral]

Have you checked with the embassy?

They might know.

[CiaranO]

hi OP......ILL pm u a school in phuket that offers Norwegian and Thai/.....

[n00b]

Would it be possible for you to teach her yourself? (I presume this is your gf.)

That would require me to learn more Thai first.

I think your best bet would be to locate and purchase your learning materials, proceed mostly in self-study mode, then attempt to locate a native Norwegian speaker to help with pronunciation feedback. Unfortunately most Norwegians that would be willing to do so at a reasonable hourly rate would live in Pattaya, less so in Phuket, maybe Hua Hin? But hardly anywhere else.

I am a native Norwegian speaker. The "maybe Hua Hin" part is something I would like to find out more about.

[beachyman]

Would it be possible for you to teach her yourself? (I presume this is your gf.)

That would require me to learn more Thai first.

I think your best bet would be to locate and purchase your learning materials, proceed mostly in self-study mode, then attempt to locate a native Norwegian speaker to help with pronunciation feedback. Unfortunately most Norwegians that would be willing to do so at a reasonable hourly rate would live in Pattaya, less so in Phuket, maybe Hua Hin? But hardly anywhere else.

I am a native Norwegian speaker. The "maybe Hua Hin" part is something I would like to find out more about.

There are most scandinavians in hua hin, koh lanta, krabi and phuket. Most do english language schools that i know. Some swedish schools might have a good start for her like kamala or lanta for spoken... im swedish not insulting you brother but perhaps a start... but ive never heard of norwegian schools here yet.

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[n00b]

I think it would be confusing for a foreigner to learn Swedish as a base for Norwegian. Much easier for a Norwegian to learn to understand Swedish and the other way around than for someone who just learned to speak a little bit of one of the languages.

Though the spoken language is more difficult to understand I think even Danish would be a better substitute because more words are the same.

But I really just want to get her a Norwegian course. If that's not possible without living in Patong, Pattaya or smog infested Bangkok I will think of an alternative.

One alternative is of course for me to go for an ED visa and learn Thai. Would make sense to stay a bit longer, maybe six months. Will only have equivalent of 300-350k left after tickets. Seemed more suited for a 3-4 month trip.

My budget would be reduced to 50k a month and I have to figure out if that could even work. Anyone here managing on that little a month?