Introductory Swedish Part II

Course Director: Jenny Elfving

Purpose
This course aims to help students become more confident in basic Swedish and provide the tools needed for speaking Swedish outside the classroom, both in their everyday lives and in professional settings.

Content
This course reinforces the knowledge necessary for speaking Swedish and adds to it by covering a larger vocabulary and a greater grammatical repertoire. The course expands the focus on conversational interaction, brief presentations on aspects of academic or professional life, and more advanced written texts. The students learn to understand and take part of basic conversations in a range of domains. In addition to the material covered during lessons, students will have access to a digital tool with exercises focused on grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and listening.

Course Structure
The principle form of instruction is 24 seminar sessions (48 contact hours) with 75% attendance obligatory. The focus of the contact hours will be for the students to develop the ability and confidence to engage in basic conversation in Swedish.

Evaluation
This course will be evaluated at the end the second period. You will receive a survey link sent to your SSE email. It is of great value to us that you participate, so please remember to complete the survey.

In addition to this, a mid-course evaluation will be conducted after period 1 is finished.

Course Administrator: Anna.Meijerberg@hhs.se

The course corresponds to the goals for Level A2 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

• use a vocabulary appropriate for everyday situations
• understand the main point in clear spoken interactions
• read and recapitulate authentic Swedish texts such as news articles
• maintain conversational interactions on a wide range of topics,
• write connected texts that display a good degree of accuracy in the grammatical areas covered
• pronounce words and expressions that they meet in written Swedish
• communicate and understand information about education, employment, Swedish culture.

Students should have taken the course L01006 Introductory Swedish, or equivalent course at another institution (A1 level), and be ready to show a document from this course.

The only grade granted is Pass

There are two obligatory seminars devoted to assessing writing and speaking skills. Shorter texts and assignments are submitted through the course to assess various aspects of the language. Oral skills are assessed through class participation, and two obligatory assignments.

In order to qualify for a grade in the course, students must:

• complete all deliverables + the written and oral assessments during class
• attend at least 75% of all the scheduled classes

Find the course schedule in TimeEdit

Have you been granted educational support because of a documented disability? If so, please contact the course director as soon as possible so that adequate accommodations can be made.

Contact specialneeds@hhs.se if you have questions about being granted educational support or need a copy of your educational support certificate.

For more information, visit the Specific Educational Needs page on the Student Hub (login required).