UCL CENTRE FOR LANGUAGES &
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Evening Courses
Swedish Level 3+
Prerequisite for entry
Successful completion of Swedish level 3 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
converse reasonably fluently with native speakers and discuss personal, social and current
issues using appropriate structures. Cultural awareness will be further developed through an
extended use of authentic material. Some transferable skills will also be covered.
Functions
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Talk about and deal with different situations
Denoting positions
Commenting and criticising
Debating
Explaining and defending your personal opinions
Convincing
Reporting an incident
Course Content: Main topics/themes to be covered
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Smoking
Burglary
Describing motion
Swedish artist Carl Larsson
Countryside in Sweden
Current issues
Proverbs
Everyday life
Creating words
Machines, tools and appliances
Linguistic Structures/ Phonetics
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Difficult sounds in Swedish.
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Grammar
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Definiteness and determiners
Prepositions denoting position
Some important verbs of motion
Revision of the definite form in the plural
The existential sentence
Prepositions
The adjective and the noun phrase
Summart of the forms of the adjective
The t form of the past participle and of certain adjectives
The inflection of certain particles and adjectives
The adjective liten
Plural forms: suffixes
Learning Resources
Books:
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Course book: Course book: Nya Mål 2, 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 SelfAccess Centre. Authentic material from various sources (Swedish easy to read
newspapers, magazines, recent publications, Swedish films and music, etc…).
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