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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?
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.