Course syllabus

 


Welcome to the course "Basic Swedish as a Second Language I (level A.1- A2.1)" at Dalarna University!

This course is based in Falun with most of your seminars taking place on campus. Occasionally, recorded material will be offered via our learning platform. This semester you will also get the possibility to attend some extra Zoom sessions (optional) together with students studying the same kind of course online.

During this course you will have the opportunity to learn basic Swedish and develop your perceptual and productive skills in the language in simple, predictable situations.  You will study, amongst other things:

  • basic principles of pronunciation in Swedish
  • elementary Swedish vocabulary 
  • Swedish elementary grammar structure

We see the group work as an important resource in all course activities, made evident by the feedback of previous participants of the course who have highlighted the value of working in groups around interactive exercises as well as around texts, Swedish vocabulary and grammar.

The work around language does not stay in the classroom though. We therefore hope that you also take the chance to actively try using the language in your meetings with Swedish speakers outside the school environment.

Below you find a preliminary schedule and links to the course syllabus and the course literature list. You also find in the Course analysis from the corresponding course (GSS2X7) run in the autumn semester 2024 below.

 The schedule, see Schema/Schedule GSS3BG Vt25  (revised 20250122 time and place for retake examination added). In case of any changes you will get information here on Canvas.

If you need help with registration, your web account etc. See information via this link: Student web services

Questions about the course content or schedule; contact the course coordinator (mjf@du.se).

Questions about administration or other things concerning your situation as a student at the University of Dalarna and in Sweden: support@du.se .

 

 

Contact information

Marie Josefsson

Course Coordinator and teacher

mjf@du.se

 

 

Profilprodukt-2207.jpg  Course syllabus

Profilprodukt-2206.jpg Literature list

 

 

Course analysis from the corresponding course (GSS2X7) which was run in the autumn semester 2024: GSS2X7 (Campus Falun) ht24 Course analysis English.docx

 

Course summary:

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