This course is for students who have completed Swedish Beginners Consolidation, or an equivalent program. It is open to anyone who wants to develop their language skills. Students will further develop basic skills to use in conversation, reading, listening and writing whilst also learning about Swedish culture. This course is also designed for people working in the local tourist industry who wish to improve their customer service to Swedish tourists.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

TEXTBOOK

• Rivstart B1+B2 3rd Edition Textbook (Natur & Kultur: 2025), ISBN: 9789127466852

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Chapter 1

• Couch potato or sporty?
• What do you enjoy doing?
• What type of person are you?
• Fitness & exercise
• Sport - types of sports and associated words and expressions
• Leisure activities
• Leisure then and now - a comparison
• Adverbs
• Adjectives (following certain verbs)
• Adjectives (“t” special)
• Time prepositions

 Chapter 2

• Quotes on friendship
• What is friendship?
• Three cultural celebrities around the 1900
• Pronouns (personal and reflective)
• Reflective verbs
• Word order in a sentence (main clause/sub-ordinate clause)

 Chapter 3

• Money doesn’t make you happy, but it makes you calmer
• What do we dream about?
• Talk about money
• “Worlds apart”
• The search for happiness
• Conjunctions
• Adjectives
• Nouns

LANGUAGE CLASS TRANSFER POLICY

If you are a new WEA Student and enrol into a language class and subsequently find that you are at the wrong level (whether too high or too low), you are permitted to transfer into another more suitable class at no additional cost, provided that the request is made within the first two classes and is in writing from your tutor directly to the Education Manager. After that point, an administration fee of $30 will apply.