Learn Swedish from Native Speakers

Learn Swedish Basics

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The Swedish Basics contains Units 1 -16 and comes with 15 CD's and 700 page textbook or 1 DVD with audio on MP3 and textbook on a PDF file.

The first twelve units consist of dialogs which cover a range of situations relevant to your Life and work in sweden. The last few units are written in a narrative form and constitute a transition to further reading.

Each unit includes "Notes on Basic Sentences," which clarify certain grammar points, cultural information and idiomatic expressions that we think are particularly important.

Grammatical explanation should be thought of only as a tool when learning a foreign language. But it is the key to understanding a structure and a system which might otherwise seem confusing. Even though Swedish grammar and vocabulary are related to their English counterparts, a word-by-word translation from either language into the other does not neoessarily produoe good sense. Beoause of important differenoes in ways we have of expressing the same thoughts~ speakers of English and Swedish see each other as using different patterns of language. It is therefore invaluable to learn Swedish patterns to the point where they become a real part of your speech, so that the difference between English and Swedish becomes natural to you.

Unit 1 - Greetings

Unit 2 - An American arrives at Arlanda, Stockholm's international airoport and is met

Unit 3 - Meeting an old friend

Unit 4 - Going sightseeing, going to the station, and to the bank to change money

Unit 5 - Renting an apartment

Unit 6 - Comprehension quiz

Unit 7 - Arriving at the office

Unit 8 - Shopping at a department store

Unit 9 - Having lunch

Unit 10 - Discussing plans for the evening

Unit 11 - Two friends having a conversation

Unit 12 - Introduction to Swedish social etiquette

Unit 13 - Recognizing new words

Unit 14 - Dialog

Unit 15 - Dialog continued

Unit 16 - Emphasis on reading text