Swedish for Beginners 3

Course overview

Swedish for Beginners 3 is the third step in Arcada’s beginner-level Swedish language pathway and is designed for learners with previous knowledge equivalent to CEFR level A2.1. The course helps students further develop their ability to communicate in everyday situations and build confidence in both spoken and written Swedish.

What you will learn

After the studies you can:

• Participate in discussions about topics that concern yourself, your everyday life and your studies.
• Talk about work, career choices, purchasing and cooking.
• Express yourself about health and well-being.
• Understand and read simple texts about current events.
• Understand slowly spoken Swedish with clear pronunciation.
• Be aware of the basic grammar in Swedish.

You also:

• Have expanded your vocabulary and can easily talk about yourself and everyday life.
• Build on previous knowledge.
• Have knowledge of Swedish grammar. New in this course are conjunctions, nouns plural in definite form, perfect, reflexive verbs, adjective comparison and indefinite pronouns.

Study format and schedule

The course takes place on campus once a week, with each session lasting 1.5 hours during the day. The studies consists of spoken and written exercises, games, dialogues, listening and reading comprehensions. Between lessons, students are expected to complete independent study tasks as well as group assignments.