When I first started to learn Swedish I found everything went really well and really smoothly until I hit verbs. At that point in my education it all unravelled, my confidence took a beating and I found it really hard to get my head around what to use when and how to recognise them. Teachers [...]
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God fortsättning!
This is a phrase you might here when out and about talking to Swedes at this time of year. It is said usually after new year and wishes the person you are saying it to well. I guess the pronunciation of it will differ depending on your accent but I would pronounce it along the [...]
Learning tools
It has occurred to me that I haven’t made it clear about learning tools that you can use to learn the Swedish language without actually being in the country! My advice would definitely be “Start early” as this is a very hard language to master (in my opinion) so every little bit helps. Here are [...]
SFI Umeå
So now I have finished with my time at SFI I thought I would sum up my thoughts and opinions and advice for anyone thinking of following in my footsteps. But before I do this there is something very important I would like to do. I would like to thank – Irma, Marika, Maria and [...]
The dreaded D test!
It is done, it is over, it is passed! PHEW! It was a very long day yesterday. Arrived at school at 08.15 to make sure I knew which classroom I should be in etc and waited to go in with everyone else. We started off with the writing section of the test which was quite [...]
C Test
Well the waiting has officially begun for the results of my C test with SFI. I sat the majority of the test last week with the oral section yesterday so now we wait. If I understood correctly I should be able to get the results next week by going in to the office on Thursday or Friday. I [...]
Two steps forward…
…one step back. This is how it feels at the moment trying to learn Swedish. I was tired in class yesterday and when I am tired all knowledge of anything vaguely Swedish floats out of my mind and it is all blank – I could barely strong a sentence together and had no clue what [...]
Technology gone crazy!
Last night at SFI we had yet another new teacher. She was really good and very encouraging. I did a test paper for part of the D test (which is the final test with SFI to prove your language skills) which was a comprehension section. It involved reading bits and pieces and answering questions about [...]
Another great class
Last night at SFI it was another great class thanks to our new teacher. Myself and two others sat down and played a board game for two hours designed to get us talking Swedish to each other – boy did it work! We were chattering away about all sorts. I am sure a lot of [...]
SFI Update
Yesterday was back to school for us SFI-ers and it felt good to be back..odd thing to say about school! I had been particularly naughty and not done my homework from the previous session so sat in the car trying to do bits of it just in case! Turned out it was teacher rotation time [...]