Swedish for beginners
Open
University
3 ECTS credits, 40 contact hours February - May
Please find below: activities and assignments + LINKS TO COURSE MATERIALS SHH Engdahl SAFIR IE Langugaes Europe Ensemble Svensk musik Ordbok: Lexin Pictionary: Bildordlista Ordbok: IATE Translation&Pronunciation: Google News in Easy Swedish (with sound): 8sidor Sesam Grammar: Bygg fraser Spell Check: Orangoo Web platform: Fronter + COURSE DESCRIPTION
Teacher: Erik Hemming ehe@ha.ax
Timetable:
| Day | No. | Activities | Assignments and links |
| 1 Feb | 1 | Introduction: Objectives and methods: Intercomprehension: Trying to understand texts using similarities with other languages. Pronunciation and comprehension of the text Vanliga fraser | Study Chapter 1 in THE WEB BASED COURSE HERE |
| 2 | Simililarities with English. Verbs are EASY. Song: Sommaren är kort by Thomas Ledin | Copy the text word by word | |
| 3 Feb | 3 | Simple conversations based on chapter 1 in the web course. Things in the room: Lätta ord (easy words) | Join the Facebook group Träna svenska and load up a picture. Write a description in Swedish under it (you may use Google Translate) and then look at a few more pictures and comment on them! Have fun! |
| 4 | Counting in Swedish. ROBOT: "Stå upp, gå till..., stanna, ta, skriv, kom hit, sitt, ge mig" etc. | ||
| 8 Feb | 5 | More talk about the things in the room. Sommaren är kort once more. The weather and the seasons. | Write about your family and load it up in our Facebook group (100 words). |
| 6 | Work in a computer lab: Pronunciation rules. Audio recording. Facebook group work. Fronter login and password. | ||
| 10 Feb | 7 | The Royal family (kungafamiljen) - a dialogue. | |
| 8 | Texts from Facebook about families and the seasons. | ||
| 15 Feb | 9 | Q & A about our families. Personliga pronomen. Plural av saker i rummet. | Ask your classmates about things they have written on the forums. |
| 10 | Our apartments. | Study for the quiz. | |
| 17 Feb | 11 | Demokrati och diktatur i Egypten och Ryssland. Students speak and the teacher writes. Grammar issues. | Practise asking questions to people you know or just meet. Use the question words in the list "Lätta ord" |
| 12 | A quiz on the texts you have received as copies + the three first chapters on the online course in Swedish. It is your understanding that will be tested. | ||
| 1 Mar | 13 | Grammar: Irregular verbs. Vocab: Things in the room. | |
| 14 | A quiz on the texts you have received as copies + the three first chapters on the online course in Swedish. It is your understanding that will be tested. | Draw up your apartment including furniture. | |
| 3 Mar | 15 | Familjer och vänner i Europa. Robot: komma, gå, stå, sitta, ta, sätta, ge.... | |
| 16 | Att göra saker. Vi leker lite med saker. Att ge och ta emot. Fraser: Ursäkta! Tack! Varsågod! | Write a text about your room and post in the discussion forum called MIN RUM on FB. | |
| 15 Mar | 17 | Berätta om dina möbler och ditt hem! (Tell about your furniture and your home + show your drawing.) Visa din skiss. Vad gör du hemma? | |
| 18 | Vi ser på hus och inredning. Vi "leker" med saker. Grammar: Verb i imperfekt. | ||
| 17 Mar | 19 | Pictures of your rooms. Twister: Colours and prepositions. "Snälla snälla" - a song. | |
| 20 | AIrregular text about a room. Irregular verbs list. Describing actions today and yesterday. | Write a list with the hours in one column of what you do a regular day (vad du gör en vanlig dag)! | |
| 22 Mar | 21 | Rooms and things. What you do in the rooms. Vi ser på foton. Beskriv med adjektiv! | |
| 22 | En vanlig dag. Klockan. Pronunciation of words. Intonation of questions. | ||
| 24 Mar | 23 | Follow up of tasks. Texter om vanliga dagar. A quiz on CD (World Talk) | |
| 24 | Adjectives as pairs of contraries. Verbs for what people do in a park in the summer. | Read the text about Pelle and make questions. Study chapters 4 and 5 in the web based course. Write diary entries on Facebook (Forum: Min dag) | |
| 12 Apr | 25 | The text about PELLE: Making questions | |
| 26 | Fru Bergströms dag (comic strip). Reading diary entries and discussiong photos. | Make questions on the text about Pelle. | |
| 14 Apr | 27 | Q&A about Pelle. Making phrases w. nouns, verbs, and adjectives etc. Retell the comic strip about Fru Bergström | |
| 28 | Buying things: Go to SAFIR, module 2: sections 5 and 6 | Study all the texts, songs, and lists of nouns, advjectives and verbs. | |
| 26 Apr | 29 | Photos on Facebook. Questions and answers. | |
| 30 | Preparations for the quiz | ||
| 28 Apr | 31 | A test on words and reading comprehension | Resturant phrases: Go to chapter 2, section 7 in SAFIR |
| 32 | A test on words and reading comprehension |
Shopping phrases: Go to chapter 2, section 3 (parts 5,6, and 7) in SAFIR |
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| 3 May | 33 | Shopping phrases. Acting the situations. Restaurant phrases. | Make sure you have done all the tasks... |
| 34 | Individual coaching and advice | Check the list on FRONTER | |
| 5 May | 35 | På semester i Italien (en bild): Write dialogues. Laga mat. | Bildordlista |
| 36 | Ferd'nand: Berätta vad som händer på bilderna (också i imperfekt)! | ||
| 10 May | 37 | Fortsättning på era texter. | |
| 38 | Europakartan igen. Transporter och boende. Dialoger i servicesituationer. | ||
| 12 May | 39 | Picnic (maybe in the teacher's garden) | |
| 40 | Games and other activites |
Senast uppdaterad 28.04.2011