International Youth Summer School

Our International Youth Summer School (IYSS) in Oslo is designed especially for you if you are between 15 and 18 years old. We want your summer holiday to be an active and amazing learning experience. You will learn Norwegian together with other young enthusiastic people from all over the world and the course is a great way to make new friends!

Who should join?

Our International Youth Summer School (IYSS) is perfect for you if you:

• are planning to move to Norway             

• will start High school (videregående skole, from age 16) in Norway

• want to study in Norway             

• want to study the Norwegian language and culture in your home country

• are visiting Norway often and want to understand people around you  

• want to understand the lyrics of your favourite Norwegian band             

• are genuinely interested in Scandinavian languages and culture

Course levels

The course is for beginners and taught purely through Norwegian. We want to fast track your language learning success by exposing you to Norwegian as much as possible.

Completing the course

You have daily afternoon teaching sessions from Monday to Friday for three weeks. Each session consists of three lessons of 45 minutes with a 15-minute break. The course total is 15 sessions/ 45 lessons of 45 minutes.

Course materials

Materials are included in the price of the course and are prepared by your teacher according to your and your course group’s requirements.

What can you expect?

• Remarkable progress in just 3 weeks

• A perfect learning environment in the heart of Oslo, within walking distance of the central station

• Small and lively course groups, so you will receive a lot of attention and opportunity to perfect your knowledge and pronunciation

• For the duration of your course: Unlimited access to Språklab – your personal user access to all online resources suitable for your course

• Pleasant holiday atmosphere, but intense learning

• Flexible teaching approach with lots of variation and well-chosen activities based on your individual needs

• Learn and memorize new vocabulary each day, to accelerate your language learning progress

• Focus on comprehension of both written and spoken Norwegian

• Best return on both time and money investment

Course certificate

At the end of the last lesson of the course, if you attended more than 80 % of the classes and paid the course fee, you will receive an official course certificate.

Course price

NOK 6 000,-

We need a parent's or guardian's consent for you to book this course. Please provide their payment details when signing up for this course. 

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