126-056 Intermediate Swedish B (on-line)

This is subject is offered on a fee-paying basis only. Eligible students enrol through the Community Access Program.

126-144 Beginners Swedish A and 126-145 Beginners Swedish B, 126-146 Beginners Swedish C and 126-147 Beginners Swedish D or equivalent.

126-046 Intermediate Swedish A (on-line).

This subject is offered on-line and builds on skills acquired in Beginners Swedish, or equivalent. It focuses on reading, writing, vocabulary and grammatical structure, making use of different types of texts and tasks. Thereby, students will gain an increased understanding of Swedish in an extended variety of written contexts. Students will expand their vocabulary to a moderate level of complexity in different modes of expression, ranging from receptive to productive language (eg reading, listening, writing, discussing). On completion of the subject, students should have: developed an increased understanding of written Swedish in a variety of contexts; acquired written communicative skills for expressing themselves with an increasing level of ease and correctness; achieved the level of competence required for admittance into 126-066 Intermediate Swedish C and 126-067 Intermediate Swedish D.

• have enhanced their skills at searching for and finding relevant information by using resources available on the Internet;

• have enhanced their skills at communicating knowledge intelligibly and economically;

• have enhanced their skills at working efficiently as a member of a small team;

• have enhanced their skills at understanding social and cultural diversity.

Written work totalling 4000 words comprising: an exploratory tasks of 1000 words 30% (due during semester), reading comprehension tests of 1000 words 30% (during semester), a 2-hour on-line final exam including composition, grammar and vocabulary 40%.

On-line materials, which will be available to enrolled students via Web-Raft