Joined: May 27, 2012
Posts: 2
Location: Eskilstuna
Do I Really Need This?
I'm just wondering whether I really need to take another Swedish class. After I completed SFI, my teacher told me to register for grund at Komvux. After grund, my teacher told me to register for Svenska A and then I'm assuming Svenska B. I found SFI to be helpful bc my class environment was sort of a work-on-your-own type thing and then test out of it. Grund was a nightmare for me, I think I learn better doing my own thing. I want to work here but not study. I already have a Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the States (I'm here bc my partner is Swedish and had to move back). I'm hoping to improve my Swedish and find work in the near future. Is Svenska A really necessary? I mean do I need it for anything other than learning? Any advice would be appreciated!
Sun May 27, 2012 2:59 pm
adamrush stor stark
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
Posts: 202
Location: Stockholm
If you're in Eskilstuna, I can't recommend Mälardalens högskola's Swedish language program enough. It's where I started, and I'm glad I did.
Sun May 27, 2012 6:27 pm
Ang Nybörjare
Joined: May 27, 2012
Posts: 2
Location: Eskilstuna
quote:Originally posted by adamrush: If you're in Eskilstuna, I can't recommend Mälardalens högskola's Swedish language program enough. It's where I started, and I'm glad I did.
Thanks, I have not checked out Mälardens program. I'm really just wondering if another class is necessary or if it would be better to just learn on my own. Are Svenska A&B required for anything significant like employment or something? I'm not pursuing any additional education other than learning Swedish. I'm debating over whether or not to take another class. I'd be interested to hear what others have experienced or what they think about it.
I believe that Svenska A and B are equivalent to high school-level Swedish and you need that if you're going to take any university-level classes in Swedish. Whether you would need them to get a job probably depends on the job.
Sun May 27, 2012 8:53 pm
adamrush stor stark
Joined: Feb 08, 2005
Posts: 202
Location: Stockholm
quote:Originally posted by Ang:
quote:Originally posted by adamrush: If you're in Eskilstuna, I can't recommend Mälardalens högskola's Swedish language program enough. It's where I started, and I'm glad I did.
Thanks, I have not checked out Mälardens program. I'm really just wondering if another class is necessary or if it would be better to just learn on my own. Are Svenska A&B required for anything significant like employment or something? I'm not pursuing any additional education other than learning Swedish. I'm debating over whether or not to take another class. I'd be interested to hear what others have experienced or what they think about it.
When I was at MdH, the program didn't give you Svenska B (one of the curriculum levels you reach as a graduated Swedish high school student), which may no longer be true. It didn't give you anything on that scale. What it did give you was the right to study courses instructed in Swedish at MdH. Since I started a degree there immediately afterwards, that worked nicely. However, at other schools, you had to talk your way out of that Svenska B requirement by applying individually to courses (not usually that hard) or take the TISUS test for proof of Svenska B equivalency (not that hard either). I would however very much recommend that you take courses in your field--the more introductory the better--before you start applying. Just because you know all the vocabulary, doesn't mean you can put out convincing product. Bureaucratic Swedish is like calligraphy, and it's a great feeling, putting down sentence after sentence of the same convincing formal prose as your colleagues.
As far as proficiency in the application process goes, the language requirement has never been expressed in academic terms (i.e. Svenska B, TISUS etc.) in any of the jobs I've applied to. It has always been along the lines of, for example, "God förmåga att att dokumentera och formulera sig i svenska i tal och skrift är ett krav." You'd never apply to a job in America without calling the boss or recruiter to at least get them to remember their name, and the same is true here. All those American references and merits are going to stick out, and you're simply just going to have to make sure they remember you're Ang, that American who speaks Swedish reasonably well.
Tue May 29, 2012 8:37 pm
krista Amerikanska medborgare
Joined: Mar 10, 2004
Posts: 684
I don't believe you will find Swedish A or B as tough as grund. I'd just stick with it and get it over with!
Wed May 30, 2012 4:05 pm
Enzo stor stark
Joined: Dec 09, 2008
Posts: 239
Location: Stockholm
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