ABSTRACT

Colloquial Swedish provides a step-by-step course in Swedish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Swedish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Key features include:

• progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

• structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar

• an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises

• realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios

• useful vocabulary lists throughout the text

• additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary and bilingual glossaries

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Swedish will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Swedish.

Course components:

The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack.

Paperback: 978-0-415-36275-7 (please note this does not include the audio)

CDs : 978-0-415-36273-3

eBook: 978-0-203-01274-1 (please note this does not include the audio, available to purchase from https://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)MP3s: 978-0-415-47050-6 (available to purchase from https://ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/audio_viewbooks.aspx)Pack : 978-0-415-44871-0 (paperback and CDs)

For the eBook and MP3 pack, please find instructions on how to access the supplementary content for this title in the Prelims section.

chapter |7 pages

Preface: using this book

chapter |12 pages

Pronunciation, stress and accents

chapter 1|12 pages

Hej!

chapter 2|13 pages

Rebecca, en student Rebecca, a student

chapter 3|16 pages

Att resa Travelling

chapter 4|17 pages

På semester On holiday

chapter 5|18 pages

Matlagning Cooking

chapter 6|15 pages

Att bli sambo Moving in together

chapter 7|16 pages

På stan In town

chapter 8|17 pages

På universitetet: At the university

chapter 10|14 pages

En svensk familj A Swedish family

chapter 12|14 pages

Bills bilresa Bill’s car journey

chapter 13|14 pages

Skogsvandring A walk in the forest

chapter 14|15 pages

En recension A review

chapter 15|13 pages

Kära mormor! Dear Grandma

chapter 16|16 pages

Aj, min tå! Ouch, my toe!

chapter 17|14 pages

En speciell dag A special day