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Working in Sweden – The A-Z Guide | What is this?
The first summer I was about to spend with my then boyfriend, now husband, I was surprised to learn he had very few days of holiday available. I couldn't figure out how, as he had, apart from a couple of weeks when he had been really sick in the flue, not taken any...
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Summer Offer | Swedish Language Training
The meaning of life, that is, Swedish summer is coming up. This means the Bee Swedish team will take a well-deserved break, to be back to business from the 1st of August. To celebrate this, we offer new and existing clients a 10% off one-to-one tuition and 20% off...
read moreFive mistakes your teacher is making when teaching you beginner’s Swedish
1. Not teaching you the right pronunciation Swedish is a rhythmic language. There are many short syllables, and in each sentence, a few long syllables. A long syllable consists of a long vowel and a long consonant. Long means that it takes a long time to say. In glas...
read moreWhy fixing a problem that doesn’t matter could be the wisest thing
Very recently, I was given a new learner. In order not to reveal anything about their identity, I cannot give you more details than that they needed to improve their Swedish pronunciation drastically, in order to save their career. Pronunciation is a sensitive topic....
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Do they dots and rings above Swedish letters matter?
Monster or mönster - what is the scariest to you? You know when you want to make that monster really frightening, and you end up calling it a pattern? There must be plenty of post-ignorant expats out there, laughing smugly at their idiotic co-patriots who are too...
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Book Review: How to Be Swedish | Matthias Kamann
In 2010, I decided to write a book. At that point, I had taught Swedish for two or three years, and also came back to Stockholm after seven years abroad, and I had truly discovered what weird habits Swedish people comply to. I decided to compile one-habit-a-day sort...
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Working in Sweden – The A-Z Guide | What is this?
The first summer I was about to spend with my then boyfriend, now husband, I was surprised to learn he had very few days of holiday available. I couldn't figure out how, as he had, apart from a couple of weeks when he had been really sick in the flue, not taken any...
read moreSummer Offer | Swedish Language Training
The meaning of life, that is, Swedish summer is coming up. This means the Bee Swedish team will take a well-deserved break, to be back to business from the 1st of August. To celebrate this, we offer new and existing clients a 10% off one-to-one tuition and 20% off...
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