The aim of the course is to further develop knowledge and skills in the Swedish language as well as deepen knowledge and understanding about Swedish Culture and Society.

The course develops knowledge of vocabulary and grammatical parts for oral and written communication in Swedish. The course also contains reading of coherent texts. In all parts, the Swedish everyday life, the student life and societal issues stands in focus. In addition to the language instruction Swedish culture and Swedish social life will be presented and discussed in English.

Upon completion of the course, the student can:

After finishing the course, the student will have a knowledge in Swedish that corresponds to approximately 50% of Level B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference scale (CEFR).

Learning activities are lectures, practical exercises - both individual and in groups-, role-plays, dialogues and discussions. Other learning activities are independent studies and process writing.

Exam 1: Oral Exam, 2 credits. The exam examines learning outcomes 1, 5-7.

Exam 2: Written Sit-in Exam, 3 credits. The exam examines learning outcomes 1-4. The exam takes place in the middle of the course.

Exam 3: Written Sit-in Exam, 3 credits. The exam examines learning outcomes 1-4. The exam takes place in the end of the course.

Exam 4: Written Assignment, 2 credits. The exam examines learning outcome 8.

The grades of Oral examination and Written Assignment is Pass/Fail (G/U).

Grading criteria for the course are announced by the course director in the beginning of the course.

For all assessments, the basis must be such that individual performance can be distinguished.

Fasth, Cecilia & Kannermark, Anita (latest edition), Form i fokus B with key. Lund: Folkuniversitetets förlag. (ca 200 s)

Levy Scherrer, Paula, Lindemalm, Karl (latest edition). Rivstart B1+B2 Textbok. Lund: Natur och Kultur. (ca 85 s)

Levy Scherrer, Paula, Lindemalm, Karl (latest edition). Rivstart B1+B2 Övningsbok. Lund: Natur och Kultur. (ca 65 s)

Literature in Swedish and by a Swedish author (selected in consultation with the teacher).

Material for Swedish culture and Swedish social life will be distributed by the teacher.

Additional material may be introduced but no more than 100 pages.

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

If a course is no longer offered, or has undergone significant changes, the students must be offered two opportunities for re-examination based on the syllabus that applied at the time of registration, for a period of one year after the changes have been implemented.

If a student has a Learning support decision, the examiner has the right to provide the student with an adapted test, or to allow the student to take the exam in a different format. The syllabus is a translation of a Swedish source text.