My learning is constantly interrupted by life, but I have nearly concluded from my failures and confusion that beginning students of norsk are wasting their time trying to learn phrases, vocabulary and grammar rules. It seems like time should first be spent learning to properly pronounce the Norwegian alphabet, with emphasis on vowels... then learn letter combinations like skj, rn, ng rt, kj and more. Then using them in short words... and discovering the silent letters. There will far less stumbling around and distraction when the student finally gains confidence to try grammar, vocabulary and phrases. It's very distracting and disheartening to venture into grammar and vocabulary only to have confusion and delay result because the pronunciation needs to first be corrected with the words the student is trying to make into sentences.