{"id":9091,"date":"2021-01-22T03:12:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T03:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=9091"},"modified":"2021-01-22T03:12:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T03:12:22","slug":"swedish-news-on-president-bidens-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-news-on-president-bidens-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish News on President Biden’s Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Biden’s Inauguration in Swedish News. Photo: Screenshot, Sveriges radio, 21-1-2021<\/p><\/div>\n


\nNews of President Biden’s inauguration are dominating global <\/span>huvudrubrikerna<\/span><\/i> (headlines). Today on the blog, we will learn how Swedish news publications have covered the last two days of American history by looking at 4 Swedish online newspapers.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Language teachers love telling you to read the news! Why? For starters, if you are reading about a global event, chances are you already know the context in your native language. The pressure’s off in understanding crucial points of the news story because you already know what happened. In turn, you are left with a great opportunity to grow your foreign language vocabulary. So, with that approach in mind, let’s get into some inauguration news!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You will see screenshots from 4 different new sources below. Click on the links and find the original articles if you’d like to dig in more! I recommend having your favorite dictionary at the ready to look up words you don’t know. But, be sure to give yourself the chance to digest the material and build understanding first. Use the context to be your guide instead of looking up every single word you come across.<\/p>\n

DAGENS NYHETER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, let’s start with the most widely distributed newspaper in Sweden: Dagens nyheter.<\/em><\/a> Not a surprising choice of photo, Biden is shown signing his first presidentordrar <\/em>(presidential order). The headlines on this page are as follows:<\/p>\n

De \u00e4r Joe Bidens f\u00f6rsta beslut som president
\n<\/em>Joe Biden’s First Presidential Orders.<\/p>\n

“Det h\u00e4r \u00e4r USA:s dag, det h\u00e4r \u00e4r demokratins dag<\/em>”
\n“This is America’s day, this is democracy’s day.”<\/p>\n

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Dagens nyheter. Photo: Screenshot of Main Page 2021-01-20<\/p><\/div>\n


\nAFTONBLADET<\/strong><\/p>\n

Next is Aftonbladet<\/a>.<\/em> This publication dominates Swedish online news, consistently ranking as one of the top 5 most visited websites in Sweden each day. The main news pages are free for readers to access. With that being said, I do find that Aftonbladet<\/em> tends to favor juicier headlines…perhaps to earn them those extra reader clicks ? For instance, see the main headlines below:<\/p>\n

JUST NU: Bidens varning till Vita husets personal<\/em>
\nJust In: Biden’s Warning to White House Personel.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Snabba besluten: backar direkt fr\u00e5n Trumps politik<\/em>
\nQuick Decisions: backing quickly away from Trump’s policies<\/p>\n

Tuffa uppgiften: att ena USA<\/em>
\nTough Tasks: to Unite the U.S.<\/p>\n

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Aftonbladet. Photo: Screenshot of Main Page 2021-01-20<\/p><\/div>\n


\nG\u00f6teborgs-Posten<\/p>\n

<\/strong>G\u00f6teborgs-Posten<\/em> is published in Gothenburg and is the main news source for Sweden’s west coast region. I found these headlines to be a nice combination of the tone of the last two publications. The main events are covered, as well as a wee bit of drama. The headlines are:<\/p>\n

Joe Biden har skrivit p\u00e5 Parisavtalet<\/em>
\nJoe Biden har signed the Paris Agreement<\/p>\n

Nu \u00e4r det allvar f\u00f6r President Biden<\/em>.
\nNow it’s serious for President Biden.<\/p>\n

“Biden m\u00e5ste st\u00e4da efter Trump<\/em>.”
\n“Biden has to clean-up after Trump.<\/p>\n

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G\u00f6teborgs-Posten. Photo: Screenshot of Home Page, 2021-01-20<\/p><\/div>\n

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These articles are written for native Swedes, so the language level is best for B2-C2 level students. But, for you folks who aren’t quite there, there’s always 8sidor.se<\/a>, which I adore as a teaching resource. In this article, you’ll see that the headline is only 3 words, very digestible, Bidens f\u00f6rsta beslut<\/em> <\/a>\/ “Biden’s First Decisions.”
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“Bidens f\u00f6rsta beslut.” Photo: 8 sidor Screenshot, 2021-01-21<\/p><\/div>\n

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Alright, are you all caught up on the news? I challenge you to put it into practice! Use these headlines to summarize this news with your Swedish teacher and classmates!\u00a0 …if you don’t have either of those at the moment, write to me in the comments ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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