Bachelor's level
General entry requirements + English 6 and completed course
AK306E Swedish Language, Culture and Society III.
or
equivalent knowledge in Swedish tested by an eligibility test.
No main field of study
The student develops a vocabulary of frequent words and phrases as well as grammatical skills for oral and written everyday communication in Swedish. The course includes reading of developed texts. In all parts, Swedish everyday life / student life and social issues are in focus.
In addition to what is covered in language teaching, Swedish culture and Swedish social life are presented and discussed in English.
Upon completion of the course, the student can:
use a frequent vocabulary of Swedish words and phrases related to everyday life, student life and social issues
read and understand developed texts in Swedish
write longer and developed texts in Swedish
use developed grammatical constructions in Swedish
orally communicate and understand conversations by talking about everyday life, student life and social issues
describe basic aspects of Swedish social and cultural life
Teaching is conducted in the form of lectures, oral and written exercises, conversations and discussions. Other forms are process writing. The course requires a high degree of self-study.
Exam 1: Written Sit-in Exam, 3 credits. The exam examines learning outcomes 1-4. The exam takes place in the middle of the course.
Exam 2: Written Sit-in Exam, 3 credits. The exam examines learning outcomes 1-4. The exam takes place at the end of the course.
Exam 3: Oral Exam, 2 credits. The exam examines learning outcome 5.
Exam 4: Paper, 2 credits. The exam examines learning outcome 6.
The grades of Oral examination and Paper are Pass/Fail (G/U).
Exam 1 and 2 form the basis for the course grade
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 med facit. Lund: Folkuniversitetets förlag (ca 200 s).
Åström, Monika (latest edition). Språkporten Bas. Lund: Studentlitteratur (ca 85 s).
Fiction or non-fiction will be added.
Material for Swedish culture and 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.
The level of the course corresponds to 60% of B1 in the Common European Framework of Reference scale (CEFR).