DS1523 Swedish 3, Intermediate Level 7.5 credits

Oral proficiency:

• Training of the ability to understand and to speak more complex Swedish
• Pronunciation, prosody, fluency. oral presentations
• Reading skills using texts of general and professional language, abstracts

Written proficiency:

• Essays
• Writing summaries, short reports
• Vocabulary

EU language portfolio levels B1/B2 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

Listening comprehension

• understand the content of clear standard speech on general topics (level B1/B2)

Reading comprehension

• understand and describe the content of authentic texts on various subjects, including texts from working life and technology (level B1/B2)

Speaking

• converse and discuss informally, with a good command of the typical and distinctive features of Swedish pronunciation and prosody and correct use of Swedish morphology and sentence structure, on topics of personal interest or related to studies, work, society and current events (level B1)
• give an individually prepared, easily understood presentation on a topic of general interest (level B2)

Writing

• write factual and expository/argumentation essays with correct use of Swedish spelling and grammar in more complex and specific situations. (level B2)

General entrance requirements for university studies. A pass in Swedish 2  level for advanced beginners, DS1510, DS1511, DS1512, DS1513, DS1514, DS1515, DS1516, DS1517, DS1518, DS1519 or equivalent and a compulsory placement test before applying. See our website for the test and more information.

Nya Mål 3, H. Risérus, M. Lindström, Natur och Kultur

Avancera Ord, Marianne Mathlein, Almqvist & Wiksell

Articles and texts

Hand-outs

• INL1 - Assignment, 0.8 credits, grading scale: P, F
• INL2 - Assignment, 0.8 credits, grading scale: P, F
• TEN2 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• TEN1 - Oral Proficiency, 1.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• INL3 - Assignment, 0.7 credits, grading scale: P, F
• INL4 - Assignment, 0.7 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, 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.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

75% attendance. Continuous assessment of classroom work. Assignments (INL1; 0,8 credits, INL2; 0,8 credits, INL3; 0,7 credits, INL4; 0,7 credits. Oral proficiency (TEN1; 1,5 credits), written examination (TEN2; 3 credits)

• 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.

The course has limited participation. Students who are not present at course start lose their place on the course.

The course programme may be subject to changes and courses with an insufficient number of students can be cancelled, get merged together with other courses or get the number of lessons reduced.