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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 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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Motivation and Language Learning – Does it really help?
I am often told miracle anecdotes about people who learn fluent Swedish in three months. Apparently, this makes others feel inspired, and it is also concluded that such fast progress is due to motivation. “She really wanted to learn.” As a teacher of Swedish since the...
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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 moreArchitect and New in Sweden?
Why not taking part this course by Sveriges Arkitekter, with the first two sessions taking place on the 22:nd of August 2017? The aim of the course is to give an introduction to professional language, laws and regulations and the building process, as specific to...
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