Scope/semester hours per week

Prerequisites

Learning objectives

• Listening

With the help of everyday, slowly spoken short dialogues, students practise understanding basic information, e.g.

• how another person is doing, why they are learning Swedish and what they like about Sweden
• information about another person's family, interests, holiday job/internship, studies and address
• simple directions

• Reading

Students will be able to read simple texts and dialogues and, for example

• match headlines or pictures to a simple news text, classified adverts or an advertising text
• Understand a menu in a café or canteen with help

• Oral interaction

Oral interaction in everyday situations is practised so that students can, for example

• tell a conversation partner something about themselves: How you are, why you want to learn Swedish and what you like about Sweden
• order something in a coffee shop or restaurant,
• be able to name shopping preferences and do the shopping
• be able to enquire about various institutions in a city (e.g. places of interest) and a university (e.g. International Office)
• be able to describe the daily routine in simple sentences

• Oral production

Students will be able to pass on simple descriptions and information, e.g.

• give other people information about their family, interests, holiday job/internship, studies and address.

• Writing

Students should be able to

• fill in simple forms (name, nationality, occupation/study etc.)
• register for a sports course, music lessons and at university
• write a postcard from their holiday

Proof of performance through

• regular attendance (proof is provided by attendance lists)
• written examination of approx. 85 min
• oral examination of approx. 10 min.
• additional services if necessary

ECTS points

• Regular attendance, passing the written and oral examinations: 3 ECTS credits
• In some degree programmes, it is possible to acquire an additional ECTS point through additional work