Swedish for Foreign Students - level A1. Distance course

<p>This is an online beginner’s Swedish course which includes pronunciation exercises, reading, oral training, basic Swedish grammar and short writing exercises. After having completed the course, you should have basic knowledge of Swedish – level A1 in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.</p><p>We meet once a week in a virtual classroom – a Zoom room. Before each Zoom lesson you need to prepare the corresponding course book chapter on your own using a Step-by-Step guide and prepare the assignments listed in the guide. The Step-by-Step guides, the pre-recorded lectures and other material used throughout the course are available in the Linköping University learning platform Lisam (lisam.liu.se). In addition to the material in Lisam, you need to purchase the course books Rivstart A1-A2 – Textbook (ISBN: 9789127462342) and Exercise book (ISBN: 9789127462366).</p><p>There are eleven Zoom lessons (introduction + 10 chapters); however, attendance is not mandatory. Instead, there are obligatory assignments which need to be completed to pass the course. At the end of the course there is also an oral and a written exam, both of which are done online.</p><p>To take part in the course you need a stable internet connection (at least 2 Mbit/s) and an up-to-date computer with (at minimum) a 13-inch screen as well as a microphone and a web cam so you can communicate with sound and image.</p><p>The written exam is done in Inspera. To take an exam in Inspera you must have either a Windows computer or a Mac computer. Chromebooks and Linux computers do not work with Inspera. We do not recommend using an iOS device, such as an iPad, to write exams in Inspera.</p><p>To check if you have the right operating system on your computer or the right version of SEB, please go to Inspera’s web page (https://support.inspera.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018510132-System-requirements#h_01FCR3988HB5HXDT78RD4ETQR5).</p>