Swedish beginners: grammar revision session
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
- Course Code: LBWSV1
- Dates: 06/07/24 - 06/07/24
- Time: 10:00 - 13:00
- Taught: Sat, Daytime
- Duration: 1 session
- Location: Online
- Tutor: Jack Pulman-Slater
Course Code: LBWSV1
Duration: 1 session
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What is the course about?
This structured workshop will provide a review of some essential Swedish grammar covered at beginner level.
This is a live online course. You will need:
- Internet connection. The classes work best with Chrome.
- A computer with microphone and camera is best (e.g. a PC/laptop/iMac/MacBook), or a tablet/iPad/smart phone/iPhone if you don't have a computer.
- Earphones/headphones/speakers.
We will contact you with joining instructions before your course starts.
What will we cover?
We will look at:
- word-order in simple and complex sentences (aka the V2 and BIFF rules)
- noun class and adjectives (e.g. ett gammalt hus, det gamla huset, en gammal stad)
- singular and plural nouns (e.g. hus, huset, husen)
- choosing between infinitive (att arbeta) and present tense forms (arbetar)
- choosing between different forms of the past tense.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- confidently identify parts of speech in Swedish (such as verbs, adverbs, pronouns and nouns)
- identify which areas of basic grammar you need to continue working on and which you've mastered
- conjugate regular verbs with increased accuracy
- decline adjectives with increased accuracy
- identify and correct errors in word-order
- confidently change a statement into a question.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
This course is suitable if you have completed Swedish Beginners modules 1, 2 and 3 or have equivalent experience (i.e. have been actively studying Swedish for approximately 1 year).
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Short, accessible grammar demonstrations followed by group work and informal quizzes.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Based on tutor's own material.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Continue learning Swedish in September. City Lit offers a variety of in-person and online Swedish courses.
Shwmae! Jack dw i! I first joined City Lit in 2017-2019 and it's great to be back teaching Cymraeg and Svenska both in person at City Lit and online. I was brought up in north Pembrokeshire and was fortuntate enough to attend Welsh- and bilingual- medium schools where I acquired Welsh. The Welsh language has given me lots of opportunities and it's brilliant to be able to welcome new people into the language as a tutor. Welsh is a vibrant, living and thriving language, not just in Wales but also here at City Lit. Hej! Jag heter Jack! I love learning languages and started learning Swedish with City Lit a few years ago and I became obsessed by this fasincating Germanic language. This was a journey that recently led me to take my C1 exam at Folkuniversitetet Göteborg. Learning and speaking Swedish has given me access to a entirely new country, culture and perpsective. Learning one Scandinvian language is also a gateway to the others— it's "learn 1, get 3!".
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.