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Moving my Swedish into a new phase.

January 24, 2010

Today I attended my first internal Swedish political meeting.
I did mention a few months back that I was an ‘ersättare‘ on the Board of Liberala Företagare. Today I attended my first meeting of the Board.
Of course its all in Swedish, I cant expect them to talk English just for me.  In the main I could [...]

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Thirty new Swedish words..and not just for learners!

December 31, 2009

As if learning the 2000 Swedish basic words was not enough, the Swedish language council have come out with 30 new Swedish words to be added to the language this year.
Hmm if I learn these then Swedes will think my language is better than it actually is, good for a bluffer like me. But will [...]

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Learning Swedish with Swedish TV

November 22, 2009

Last week I wrote how difficult it was to get in an hours Swedish language viewing.
Today I discovered SVTPlay, its similar to the BBC Iplayer. It means you can watch SVT programming for up to a month after its aired. I often miss the news so its great to be able to watch the SVT [...]

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How to improve your Swedish in seven steps

October 11, 2009

Never mind the seven steps to salvation here are seven ways to learn a language.
I obviously wrote this with Swedish in mind but it can be applied to learning  most languages. Actually I was inspired to write this after hearing Brian Tracy speak this week. He was talking about ‘thinking tools’ to help us improve [...]

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Swedish Linguaphone -almost a hundred quid off!

August 20, 2009

I know I have had a lot of emails about Swedish Linguaphone and I know its expensive.

They wrote to me today to inform me they are currently offering 35% off their Swedish Linguaphone course, which is almost a hundred quid off.
You can read more here:
Swedish Linguaphone
Yes if you buy it I get a small commission [...]

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The 2000 most used Swedish words

August 12, 2009

I was recently emailed a document by a kindly visitor to my Learn Swedish blog called ‘The 2000 Most Used Swedish Words’.
I thought it would be fun to post them there daily along with a sentence on how the word is used.
Eskilstoona reckons fluency is 5000 words so learn these and we are half way [...]

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Mio min Mio

July 26, 2009

One of my teachers at Berlitz recommended I read Mio min Mio by Astrid Lindgren. I will read it but I have just watched the DVD version with a very young Christian Bale in it as well as Christopher Lee.
I can see why its a childrens classic but I was gutted. I was waiting for [...]

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Berlitz Total Immersion Day 5

July 18, 2009

Day 5 thankfully was pretty much a recap of the week and a chance to iron out some of my mistakes. Its easier to write without mistakes then speak especially when you are talking about something close to your heart.
A lot of speaking practice as well as the written exam. I am happy to say [...]

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Berlitz Total Immersion Day 4

July 16, 2009

Just taken a nurofen, I think that sums up the day. Again more grammar and back onto word order and past tense…I am getting myself into knots over when to use for example jag drack and jag har druckit. I am the type of student who likes to read, absorb and get it into my [...]

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Berlitz Total Immersion Day 3

July 15, 2009

I woke up this morning determined not to think of it as the hardest day as the teachers had said. I was determined to get my backside into the class and soak up as much as I could.
Today we covered a lot, prepositions again as well as when to use ‘hem’ and not ‘hemma, ‘hit’ [...]

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