Scandinavian Languages
- Taught by Native/Fluent Speakers
- Grounded in Cultural Contexts
- Provides an Immersive Learning Experience
Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are similar in many ways, but each has its subtle nuances. These courses allow you to establish, enhance, or perfect your reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Through professional instruction, you will expand your understanding of dialect, grammar, intonations, and word usage while improving idiomatic and grammatical conversational abilities.
Conversational Norwegian
If you have had some prior exposure to the Norwegian language, then this high-beginner-level course will help you to build upon that knowledge.
Norwegian II
Continue to expand your vocabulary and master grammatical structures in Norwegian.
Swedish Grammar for Heritage/Proficient Speakers
If you are fluent in spoken Swedish but do not have the reading or writing skills, take this course to round out your overall Swedish proficiency.
Swedish II
Continue to master more grammatical structures and to expand your vocabulary and the range of your conversational ability in Swedish.
Advanced Swedish: Media and Literature
Work toward advanced-level reading, writing, and conversational skills in Swedish, while exploring Swedish history and literature.
Intermediate Swedish: Grammar and Conversation
Build on your existent Swedish knowledge through targeted grammar aimed at facilitating more varied and professional written and spoken expression.
Norwegian I
In this beginner’s course, build your Norwegian vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar skills within a cultural context.
Norwegian IV
In this intermediate Norwegian language course, expand and refine your speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Swedish IV
Expand and refine your speaking, reading, and writing skills to achieve idiomatically and grammatically correct conversations in Swedish.
Norwegian III
In this intermediate-level Norwegian course, review basic grammar, build your vocabulary, and practice conversational Norwegian.
Accelerated Swedish I
Build vocabulary, develop pronunciation, and learn grammar as you study Swedish within a cultural context and in a shorter period of time.
Accelerated Swedish II
Build upon your basic knowledge of the Swedish language to expand your vocabulary and grammar in a shorter period of time.
Danish III
Build upon the knowledge acquired in previous Danish courses and continue to develop your listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Danish.
Swedish III
Continue to develop reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills, and learn to discuss everyday topics in Swedish.
Swedish V
Read fairy tales and historical fiction, and practice grammar studied in previous Swedish-language courses, while examining it in greater depth.