Trial Class

Trial Class #

The Teacher #

About Me #

My name is Steffen K. Rafdal, and I am a Norwegian teacher from Norway. I have been working as a private Norwegian tutor since August 2016, and have completed over 12000 1-on-1 classes until now. I love teaching, meeting new people and helping people who really want to learn Norwegian.

But it’s important to recognise that learning a language takes a long time, and requires a lot of self-studying. It can be hard to know where to start and how to progress, and that’s where I come in. I have access to material I will provide as a part of the courses, and guide you through learning Norwegian. While I think I can do a great job helping you learn, it doesn’t matter if you don’t study. So if you sign up for classes with me, make sure you are prepared to do your part of the homework.

Introduction Video #

I have two types of lessons.

The first is Professional Classes where we use one of three books (provided by me) to progress from whatever your level is, to a more advanced one, with three simple steps.

  1. You have to read the textbook and try to understand the texts, words, grammar, and topics. How much work you put in is up to you, but more is better.
  2. After reading, you need to do exercises.
  3. We have classes together where we use the language, speak about what you studied, and I answer and help with questions and problems you have, I will also answer questions and such by email, so feel free to email me.

When you have Professinal Classes with me, we use and you have full access to the following resources.

Class Resources #

Textbook with audio
Access to extensive exercise platform
Tests after every 3. chapter
Homework Assignments
Audio & Videos
Flashcards to use with the Anki flashcard app

The second is Conversational classes where the focus is on speaking and free conversations. But if you want to talk about something specific, you can bring it up and prepare for it.

  • Italki.com | August 2016 - Juli 2024
    • Completed 8972 1-on-1 classes
    • Italki is where I started to work as a teacher and fell in love with helping people learn Norwegian. I have worked with everyone from complete beginners (A1/A2) to students taking the highest level tests in Norway (B2/C1). I stopped teaching there in July 2024 to focus fully on my website.
  • Laernorsk.no | July 2017 - present
    • Completed 3473 1-on-1 classes as of 10 Sept 2024
    • While working on Italki I wanted to challenge myself and not just be content with using the italki platform, and started working on my own website, which has had different forms and used different domains over the years, but it has not been the main teaching platform until now, and has recently seen a lot of changes since I stopped using italki.

The Trial Class #