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martynaPLNew member05 January 2014 17:58:14

hi. I am a student from Poland and I'm preparing some project dealing with Spanish language in Norway and el Instituto Cervantes, attitude of Norwegian people to Spanish language etc. That's why I'd be grateful if you could answer some questions that could be useful in my project.
1. Do you know el Instituto Cervantes?
2. Do you know Spanish?
3. Would you like to learn Spanish. Why/why not?
4. Do you need Spanish at your work/school?
5. If you learn Spanish, where do you learn it?
Thanks a lot Maybe you can send it to your friends. Thanks for help.

dmcart13 Serial expat

Member since 15 December 2009

dmcart13Serial expat06 January 2014 07:19:50

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Hello,

I'm not sure that are many/any Norwegians on this forum. It is mainly expats or would-be expats.

David

martynaPL New member

Member since 05 January 2014

martynaPLNew member06 January 2014 09:51:22

well and could I ask you to send those questions to your Norwegian friends?
and btw maybe you know the general attitude of Norwegians to learn languages (Spanish), are they willing to learn it or not much? maybe u know some Spanish languages in Norway
thanks, regards

basicus Active member

Member since 25 March 2013

basicusActive member06 January 2014 10:08:56

I'm Norwegian.

To get more info on this, I suggest you call the University in Oslo and ask. They have a Spanish section as far as I know, so I'm sure they can tell you more on this. I personally know a few Norwegian people speaking Spanish. They learned it while living in Spanish speaking countries.

Remember, there are many Norwegians living in Spain.

martynaPL New member

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martynaPLNew member06 January 2014 10:14:51

Ok thanks for advice. and You as a Norwegian citizen could you answer those questions? Thank you

basicus Active member

Member since 25 March 2013

basicusActive member06 January 2014 10:23:36

I could, but I'm not in your target group. I live in Egypt, but never learned the language. As I never learned Polish when I lived in Poland

To put it short: I have no language skills

Testronic Member

Member since 13 January 2014

TestronicMember14 January 2014 10:32:46

Hello,

I'm originally from Norway, so I can give you some short answers, even though it might be a bit too late?

1. Do you know el Instituto Cervantes?
No, I'm afraid I've never heard of this, but from what I understand, it's a type of school?

2. Do you know Spanish?
Nope.

3. Would you like to learn Spanish. Why/why not?
I myself don't really have the passion for it as it is a very difficult language to learn. Spanish is a much more difficult language to learn than many other languages for us Norwegians. German, for example, have words similar to our own. However, quite a few Norwegians decide to learn Spanish at school -

4. Do you need Spanish at your work/school?
We don't need Spanish at work nor school, but we can choose to learn it at Elementary School (ungdomskolen). We usually have a selection of languages we can choose to learn (with an exception of learning English, which is mandatory from a very young age). Those languages vary depending on school, but usually it's German, French, Spanish and sometimes Italian.

5. If you learn Spanish, where do you learn it?
At school!

martynaPL New member

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martynaPLNew member16 January 2014 08:33:23

o great, thank you very much
regards

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