Take time to write. Build confidence to speak. Welcome to the Norwegian Writing Café, provided by Norwegian Speaking Lessons. FIND YOUR LEVEL Open the pinned “This week’s conversations” post. There is one prompt for A1, one for A2 and one for B1. JOIN A CONVERSATION Look for a community post with your level in its title. A place is open if nobody has replied to its first comment, or someone has written “Takk, ha det bra! Plassen min er ledig.” Reply in that post’s comments to join. Only two people chat at a time. START A CONVERSATION If no place is open, click “Write something”. Copy your level’s TITLE into the title field and its DESCRIPTION into the post. Select “This week’s conversations” and publish. Then copy the suggested FIRST COMMENT into a comment under your new post. Wait for a partner to reply. KEEP YOUR ROLE For A1 and A2, the person starting is A and the person joining is B. Begin your first comment with “A:” or “B:”. Keep the same roles; do not swap. If someone leaves, the next person takes the vacant role. Write, for example, “Takk, ha det bra! Plassen min er ledig (rolle A).” For B1, share your own opinion—there are no roles. TAKE TIME TO THINK Use your notes, teacher corrections, Google Translate or other resources before answering. Apply what you are learning. A teacher occasionally joins to get conversations going. NO PARTNER YET? Practise the same prompt with ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ Paste the description and ask: “Be my Norwegian partner at [level]. Write one short turn, then wait for my reply.” Check back here later for a human partner. ON MONDAYS We delete the previous week’s conversation posts and comments and publish new prompts. Save any sentences or corrections you want to keep before Monday. Afterwards, practise saying your improved sentences aloud.

ONE PROMPT FOR YOUR LEVEL Join a community post at your level if nobody has replied to its first comment, or someone has written “Takk, ha det bra! Plassen min er ledig.” Otherwise, start your own post using the exact text below. Click “Write something”. Copy the TITLE into the title field and the DESCRIPTION into the post. Select “This week’s conversations” and publish. Then add the FIRST COMMENT under your new post. Your partner replies there. Two people per conversation. A1 — SMÅPRAT I HEISEN TITLE — copy this: A1 · Småprat i heisen DESCRIPTION — copy this: Vi er naboer og møtes i heisen. Si hei, spør hvor den andre bor, og snakk litt om området. A starter samtalen. B svarer og stiller et spørsmål tilbake. Skriv “A:” eller “B:” foran kommentarene deres. Behold samme rolle. Ordbank: hei · nabo · bor · etasje · første · andre · tredje · rolig · hyggelig · fint Eksempler: Hei! Bor du her? / Ja, i andre etasje. / Hvilken etasje bor du i? / Liker du området? / Ja, det er rolig og fint. To personer om gangen. Når du går: “Takk, ha det bra! Plassen min er ledig (rolle A/B).” Neste person tar den ledige rollen. FIRST COMMENT — copy this after publishing: A: Hei! Bor du i denne bygningen? A2 — TA KONTAKT MED EN NY KOLLEGA TITLE — copy this: A2 · Ta kontakt med en ny kollega DESCRIPTION — copy this: Vi møtes i pausen på jobb. Rolle A: Du jobber her fra før. Start en samtale med den nye kollegaen. Spør om jobb, lunsj eller helgeplaner, og forklar en sosial rutine på arbeidsplassen. Rolle B: Du er ny på arbeidsplassen. Svar og still spørsmål tilbake. Finn noe dere har til felles. Skriv “A:” eller “B:” foran kommentarene deres. Behold samme rolle gjennom samtalen; dere skal ikke bytte roller. Nyttige uttrykk: Er du ny her? / Hva liker du å gjøre i helgen? / Vi pleier å … / Hva betyr …? / Hyggelig å snakke med deg! To personer om gangen. Når du går: “Takk, ha det bra! Plassen min er ledig (rolle A/B).” Neste person tar den ledige rollen. FIRST COMMENT — copy this after publishing: