Incorporating Norwegian into your daily life.

1. Valerie “Magna” Borey
vborey@cord.edu

2. Reaching the boiling point
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 “What if language has a boiling point?” *
 *Dr. Orlando Kelm (Univ TX/Austin) – Keynote speaker at Minnesota Council
on Teaching Language and Culture 2013 Fall Conference, Oct 18.

3. How do you boil?
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 Integrate language as much as possible and as
painlessly as possible into your daily life. Apply it to
things you already do and are interested in!

4. Listen to Music
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 Ingebretsen’s CD section
 YouTube, Spotify or Pandora
 Artists: Stella Mwangi, Arne Schau, Lillebjørn Nilsen,
Odd Nordstoga, Knutsen og Ludvigsen, Ravi & DJ
Løv, Karpe Diem.... who else?
 Tapestry Folkdance Center
 Cedar Riverside Cultural Center
 Norway House – Grieg Society
 Sing songs you know in the car

5. Watch TV
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 NRK http://tv.nrk.no/
 TV2 https://sumo.tv2.no/
 TVNorge http://webtv.tvnorge.no/
 Barne TV http://tv.nrksuper.no/

6. Play on your computer/iPad
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Digital Dialects
BarneTVgames
Gruble
Norskverkstedet
Cappelendamm for kids
Gyldendal for kids
Moava
Tekstlab
Purpose Games
Surface Languages
Norwegian geography/history for immigrants (free demo)

7. Social Media
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 LIKE everything! Get Norwegian in your
FB feed Everyone has a commercial
facebook page, it seems
Visit Norway
Newspapers like Aftenposten or Dagbladet
Ja, jeg snakker litt norsk
Nordic Happy Hour (or Nordic
Melancholy Hour)
 Skogfjorden Norwegian Language Village,
Barnehage, Skogfjorden Norwegian Family
Programs
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 Set your facebook settings to Norsk if you
are daring
 Pinterest
Great place to search for things in Norwegian
and save them to your bulletin board

8. Read
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 Lesehulen (picture books read aloud)
http://www.lesehulen.no/
 Magazines/Newspapers
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Se og Hør
Aftenposten
VG
Dagbladet
 Tegneserier http://www.dagbladet.no/tegneserie/

9. Exercise
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 Vimeo og YouTube
 Yoga http://vimeo.com/yogauniao
 Dans (Hvordan danse "Bevegelsesdansen“ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mOqqB9HUJU
 Pilates http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFCkmcJ5pf4
 Styrketrening
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3NTbfpJiDc

10. Cook
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 Hvordan http://www.hvordan.no/mat-drikke
 Matlaging på TV http://tv.nrk.no/serie/yum-yummed-noman
 Oppskrifter:
 http://www.mineoppskrifter.no/
 http://dinmat.no/

11. Surround Yourself
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12. Write a language narrative
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Ready for some language reflection? Take out a piece of
paper and write down your own experiences:
 What languages do you speak? (both well & not so well)
 For each language…
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How proficient are you?
Why are you interested?
How do you practice?
What are you good at and what is challenging for you?
What connection do you have to this language?
What is your language story? Why did you start learning it?