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Lingonberry, bag-in-box and long johns Posted by jennie on Jun 30, 2011
Do you have a collection of Ittala-glasses with the stickers left on at home? Does anyone in your family own either a Soda streamer or a spike mat? Have you ever had stick insect as a pet? Do you take it as a compliment if anyone tells you that you are “so un-Swedish?” Do you…
Familjeboken – A Swedish Learning Tool Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jun 21, 2011
I mentioned a few days ago that I spent the last academic year teaching Swedish. I had way too much fun with it and am excited to be teaching again next semester. But I’m always looking for little things I can use in class: movies, short films, radio clips, podcasts, and of course, books. And…
Swedish elementary school Part 2 Posted by Katja on Jun 13, 2011
Apart from the time spent on academic studying there are quite a few other things elementary school students do at school. General values held by Swedish parents are that there children should become good citizen of society, those behaviors should not only be taught at home but at school as well. This in a…
Swedish with Steve, Episode 20: Review Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jun 11, 2011
The time has come for a summary of all the main points of my previous videos. I hope this serves as a good review for all of you ambitious Swedish learners! Hope you’ve all enjoyed my series. Thanks for all your help!
Trash Disposal in Stockholm Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jun 9, 2011
I’m back in Sweden for a while. It’s a strange feeling to be able to slide into a life with such ease after nearly a year away. But here I am. And I like it. Walking around, plenty of things have changed. Some have been big changes, others, not so much. It was one of…
Swedish elementary school Part 1 Posted by Katja on Jun 8, 2011
In elementary school there is still a lot of playing as a part of school. It is quite natural that learning and playing go hand in hand. Swedish schools place a strong emphasis on play and developing good social skills as opposed to focus on grades and tests. Skills which are said to work very…
Musiker Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jun 1, 2011
Everything’s in Swedish this time to help intermediate-level speakers practice their interpreting skills. You can mute the video to try to interpret just the written words or minimize the video to interpret the spoken language. I also suggest reading along so that your brain can connect the written words with their respective pronunciations. Here’s the…