Course Description

The aim of this course is to further develop speaking, reading and writing in Swedish. Classes consist of communicative exercises, group discussions, individual and group presentations of a Swedish topic of your choice plus film screenings and music presentations. Parallel to the Rivstart material, we will work with a special project which the class decide on together.

Learning Objectives

– to perfect speaking and listening skills
– to cover all of the elementary grammar points
– to be able to express yourself in a variety of contexts, also in written for
– to be able to introduce yourself and share information about your education, future plans etc.
– to be able to write more complex texts including a film analysis
– to be able to read and discuss an article and a literary text

Breakdown of Grades        

Quizzes  30 and Online Material Exercises 10
Assignments (oral and written)  25
Film Project  10
Attendance, Preparation and Participation  10
Culture Sharing Project 15

Total 100        

There will be no final exam in this course  

Material

We use the same material in all four levels of Swedish (SWED 100,110, 200 and 210) so you only need to buy one textbook and one workbook: Scherrer, Rivstart A1+A2: textbok and övningsbok.