UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Swedish Level 3
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Swedish level 2+ at UCL Language Centre or equivalent.
Term duration
10 x 2-hour classes.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of the course is to enable students with a good basic knowledge of basic Swedish to
develop the four skills (speaking, understanding, reading and writing) to an intermediate
level. Students should be able to communicate in Swedish in most common situations.
Cultural awareness will be developed. Language learning skills, including autonomous
learning and how to approach authentic material will be enhanced.
Functions
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Expressing pain and illness
Expressing opinions
Discussing news and sports from written and oral sources
Relating past events in detail
Complaining
Using banking services
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Medical topics
Media and news
Sports
Past tenses of verbs
Life in Sweden now and then
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Difficult sounds in Swedish.
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Grammar
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Contrasted use of tempus (preterium, perfect, imperfect and pluperfect)
Irregular verbs
Reflexive pronouns
Reflexive verbs
Impersonal expressions
Personal pronouns
Learning Resources
Books:
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Course book: Nya Mål 1, Textbook and excercisebook, Ballardini, Stjärnlöf and Viberg
A concise Swedish grammar, Ballardini, Stjärnlöf and Viberg
Lecturers handouts
In addition there are a range of language learning materials for self-study in the Self-Access
Centre.
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