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 126-071 Advanced Swedish B

Availability

Third year

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Catrin Norrby

Prerequisites

126-070 Advanced Swedish A.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Three hours of language classes per week

Subject Description

This subject builds on skills acquired in 126-070 Advanced Swedish A and comprises language training, a survey of Swedish culture and society, and the study of selected poetry and prose from 1880 to the present. Students will also be introduced to Danish and Norwegian for reading comprehension purposes. On completion of this subject students should be able to communicate in Swedish with greater fluency, accuracy and appropriateness in activities involving the integrated use of listening, speaking, reading and writing, and have gained an increased understanding of Swedish literature, culture and society.

Assessment

A 2-hour written examination, an oral examination based on a research report, and regular language tests and assignments totalling 2000 words.

Prescribed Texts

Materials will be available from the Department.

  • S Lagerlöf, Jerusalem.
  • A Strindberg, Fadren.
  • Various authors, Norsk og dansk.


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