UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Swedish Level 5 +
Prerequisite for entry
Level B1 completed
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students to function at a pre-advanced level. Students
should be able to understand and communicate in Swedish on a number of abstract
matters. This means for example expressing their viewpoints on topical issues giving the
advantage and disadvantages of various options. Language learning skills including selfassessment, individual learning strategies and monitoring progress will be enhanced.
Functions
- Understanding news and current affairs programme, providing the topic is familiar
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Reading contemporary literary prose in easy Swedish
Discussing familiar topics, accounting for and sustaining personal views
Reviewing books /articles
Talking about Swedish poetry
Writing an essay, in support of or against a particular point of view
Comparing and contrasting the work code in different cultures
Speculating about the reasons for and consequences of some specific current issues
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Family structure
Swedish work market and work culture – cultural codes
Nordic mythology and religion
Nordic Runes
Swedish poetry – an introduction
Grammar
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Transitive/intransitive verbs ( står/ställer, sitter/sätter/ ligger/lägger)
Prepositions refering to emotions (avundsjuk på, bekymrad över, snäll mot, nöjd med)
Possessive pronouns (sin, sitt, sina), quantitative pronouns (hel/all)
Sequence of tenses in complex sentences (
Merging main and subordinate clauses (Jag såg honom springa till bussen)
Conjunctions, expressing contrast (trots/trots att)
Cleft sentences (Det var Anna som åt upp chokladen)
Idiomatic expressions (i valet och kvalet; som klipp och skuren; hugget som stucket)
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Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Stress, reductions and assimilations within in the sentence and intonation. Further
practice on the use of accent 1 and 2.
Learning Resources
Books
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Rivstart B1/B2 text book and work book. Chapters 16-18. Text book: ISBN
9789127666870. Work book: ISBN 9789127666887
Handouts provided by the tutor.
In addition there is a wide range of language learning materials for self-study in the
Self-Access Centre.
Bilingual Dictionaries
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Bilingual Dictionary (Norstedt).
Reference:
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Swedish grammar in use. ISBN 912750252-X
Common Swedish verbs. ISBN 9197422002
Useful websites:
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News in easy Swedish - http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=493
Swedish radio programmes http://sverigesradio.se/sida/allaprogram.aspx?programid=701
Swedish TV programmes - http://svtplay.se/
Main daily newspapers – www.dn.se and www.svd.se
Evening papers – www.expressen.se and www.aftonbladet.se
Literature in easy Swedish – www.lattlast.se
Book shop on line – www.bokus.com
External Swedish exams www.swedex.info
Bookshops:
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Foyles – 113-119 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0EB, 44 2074375660 www.foyles.co.uk
BOKUS - on-line shop, www.bokus.se
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