Swedish as a foreign language

Swedish as a Foreign language for international students studying individual programs or courses at the University of Gothenburg.

Aims and objectives

The courses in Swedish language is offered as an additional service to your study here at the University of Gothenburg. The aim is to offer you a chance to learn basic Swedish and thereby enable you to make more out of your stay in Gothenburg. By learning Swedish, you will increase your employability in Sweden. The courses offered this autumn term is Beginner (step 1), Basic User (step 2) and Independent User course (step 3).

Who is a beginner and who is a basic user?

University of Gothenburg is here adapting the EuroPass scheme – this is a self-evaluation enabling you to decide if you are eligible to apply to the Beginners course or to the Basic User’s course. You can find more information about the EuroPass here: http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/.

• Beginners course (step 1).
  The course does not require any previous knowledge of the Swedish language.
   
• Basic Users course (step 2).
  For this level you define your skills, in short, as being able to use short phrases and the most frequent vocabulary; being able to catch the main point in short messages; being able to write short notes, such as brief thank you letters. Or, if you have previously attended the A2 beginner’s course and passed the final evaluation at level A1. If you find that this is above your level of Swedish, please see the information about the equivalent course at beginner’s level, also bookable via this website.
   
• Independent Users course (step 3) for all that have passed Basic User´s course.

When will the course run?

All classes are offered in the evenings between 17.15-20.00 in order not to overlap with your daytime study programs. Once admitted to the course you will be accepted to one group, with classes one day a week. The exact dates and place will be given after you are admitted to the course. Each course consists of 10 seminars of approximately three hours, in total 30 hours.

Who can apply?

During Autumn Term 2012, there are courses available for freemover students, i.e. students with overseas qualifications who have applied to the university outside the established exchange programs and exchange agreements. The places are offered on a first-come-first-serve basis. In order to apply to the course you must be admitted and registered on a program at the University of Gothenburg.

Literature

We will use the following course literature at step 1 and step 2: Rivstart A1 A2 Textbok, (P. Levy Scherrer & Karl Lindemalm, Natur & Kultur).
Step 3: Rivstart B1 B2 Textbok, (P. Levy Scherrer & Karl Lindemalm, Natur & Kultur).

Certificates

We offer a certificate to students accepted to the course if the student attend 75% of the seminars as well as participate in the final evaluation.

How to apply and who will be offered a place on the courses?

To register for a place on a course in the Swedish language, please register on this website. First, register on our list of interest. Then at the end of January, after regular registration, you will get your registration information. When you get that mail you follow the link attached in order to register. The courses are given on a weekly basis and you follow your group/day of the week throughout the course.

For further informaton: Marit Albertson, marit.albertson@gu.se.

Register on the list of interest below.