This course is for students who have completed Swedish Intermediate 1, 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

• Online

TEXTBOOK

• Rivstart B1+B2 Textbook (Natur & Kultur: 2015), ISBN: 9789127434233

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 4

• Animals
• Dangerous animals in Sweden
• Two wild animals in Sweden
• Moose news
• Verbs: all groups, Present tense participle
• Adverbs: connecting words

Chapter 5

• Finally Friday!
• Friday night - bar hopping or a night in?
• Cars, dentures and other things
• Good habits and bad habits
• The history of sweets
• At someone’s home or going to someone’s home?
• Prepositions: at, to or on?
• Subjunctions
• Word order of a sentence: indirect speech
• Verbs: past tense or present tense perfect
• Nouns: definite form
• Relative pronouns: “which/that” and “something which/that”

Chapter 6

• If you were a King or a Queen for a day…
• Swedish politics
• A newly formed political party
• Sweden’s constitutional laws
• How Sweden is governed
• Verbs: conditional, Present tense future

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.