In this course, you will deepen your knowledge of Swedish to intermediate level. You will practice understanding and expressing yourself in a variety on familar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, for example sports, Swedish history and culture, sustainability and inventions. Basic grammar knowledge will be expanded and production of simple texts on the topics above will be practised. Material will include literary texts, factual texts, and film.
Course memo Spring 2023
Course presentation
Headings denoted with an asterisk ( * ) is retrieved from the course syllabus version Autumn 2019
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Exercises in understanding and expressing oneself in somewhat more nuanced Swedish Exercises in pronunciation, prosody and spoken interaction. Conversations, discussions and presentations. Reading of texts within general subject areas. Production of written texts of a personal and everyday character
Intended learning outcomes
The intended learning outcomes for the course are primarily at levels B1 according to the CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference for language, and aim to strengthen student's global competence.
On completion of the course, the student should, in addition to what is specified in courses at a lower level, be able to:
Listening comprehension
1. Understand the main contents in clearly spoken standard swedish on subjects that concern well-known phenomena and fields of personal interest
2. Broadly understand many radio and TV programmes in slowly and clearly spoken Swedish about current issues or about subjects of personal interest
Reading comprehension
3. Understand authentic texts, such as descriptions, written in common language on subjects that concern daily life or personal interests
Spoken interaction
4. Talk informally about subjects concerning daily life, current events and work, or of personal interest
Spoken production
5. Simply describe events, dreams, hopes and future plans
6. Briefly give reasons for opinions and plans
Written production
7. Write texts that describe experiences and impressions
8. Write simple, coherent texts discussing everyday life, and simple technical texts within fields of personal interest
Language systems
9. Apply for the level adequately phonetic/orthographic, morphological, syntactic and lexical knowledge in the Swedish language
Learning activities
The course contains of listening and reading comprehensions as well as writing and speaking assignments during 14 weekly seminars. In addition, the participants have individual writing and pronounciation assignments to complete outside of class.
Detailed plan
A more detailed course plan can be found on Canvas.
Access to schedule (TimeEdit).
Preparations before course start
Specific preparations
Completion and passage of Swedish A2 for Engineers, equivalent older course, or the equivalent knowledge demonstrated in a compulsory placement test taken before applying for the course.
Literature
Levy Scherrer, Paula; Lindenmalm, Karls (2015): Rivstart B1+B2, second edition
Textbook and Exercise book (ISBN 9789127434233 and 9789127434240)
Support for students with disabilities
Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:
Examination and completion
Grading scale
P, F
Examination
- KONA - Assessment, 1.5 credits, Grading scale: P, F
- LEX1 - Continous Assessment, 6.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
In agreement with the KTH coordinator for disabilities, it is the examiner who decides to adapt an examination for students in possession of a valid medical certificate documenting a disability. The examiner may permit other examination formats at the re-examination of individual students.
The section below is not retrieved from the course syllabus:
Kontrolluppgift ( KONA )
Löpande examination ( LEX1 )
Other requirements for final grade
All course components passed
75% attendance requirement
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
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Contacts
Communication during course
Course teacher: Viktor Englund, vengl@kth.se
Course Coordinator
Teachers
Examiner
Round Facts
Start date
1 Jun 2023
Course offering
- Intensiv jun Spring 2023-45001
Language Of Instruction
English
Offered By
Contacts
Communication during course
Course teacher: Viktor Englund, vengl@kth.se