Swedish level 2

Course information

In the Swedish level 2 course, you will improve your basic Swedish skills. After this course you will, among other things, be able to:

• fill in a booking form for a holiday
• understand the directions in a satnav system
• read and write short, personal messages and emails

Who is it for?

The Swedish level 2 course is right for you if you have already mastered the basics of Swedish. For example, you can read an advertisement, explain what you like and make comparisons, such as jag är större än min bror (I am bigger than my brother).

What will you learn?

During Swedish level 2, you will improve your Swedish reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Grammar and vocabulary are also an important part of the course.

Once you have completed the course, you will find it increasingly easy to engage in simple conversations, for example in the supermarket, at the baker’s or in a café. You will be able to ask for directions and understand the answer, provided the other person is speaking slowly and clearly. You will be able to use your smartphone or computer in Swedish and understand common terms in computer menus, such as lösenord (password), skriv ut (print), sätta på (switch on), ångra (undo) and öppna (open).

You will be able to read and write short, personal messages and emails, for example to make an appointment.

You will learn to read increasingly long sentences, mainly in lists, but also in running texts. During the course, you will improve your reading proficiency by reading short articles on Swedish life, for example about föräldralediga pappor, the many Swedish fathers who can be seen pushing prams and strollers during the day.

And of course attention will be paid to pronunciation; you will learn the ng sound, where the accent lies in separable verbs and the stress in sentences and words.

And grammar?

The grammar you learn during this course includes:

• the use of indirect speech hon frågar vilken tid vi kommer (she asks what time we will be coming)
• ordinal numbers and numbers in sentences, such as a specific date (28-8, den tjugosjunde augusti) and the number of a bus (the 82, åttiotvåan)
• adverbs of time, position and destination, such as ifjol and förra året (last year), hemma (home) and hem (going home)