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Is there an official Swedish Language Test?

There are many reasons to take a Swedish test and there are a variety of language tests to meet your different needs.

What are the benefits of learning Swedish?

Why learn Swedish? It’s a tiny language and is it really worth the effort? Well the short answer is YES and this is why.

How to start learning Swedish by yourself

Work your way through a Swedish grammar book or take a Swedish online course. Learning Swedish this way has many benefits.

How To Trick People Into Thinking You Understand Swedish

5 January 2024 By The Newbie Team 3 Comments

Oj in Swedish? When do you use it? Is it possible to pretend to understand Swedish? We think so. When you’re new to any country with a language other than your mother tongue, there will be a period where you know enough of the language to get yourself into a conversation, but not enough to […]

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Swedish as a second language, SAS

The main aim of SAS (Swedish as a second language) is to make you applicable for higher studies in Sweden.

Learning Swedish through Jazz

14 March 2017 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Learning Swedish through Jazz? Yes why not:-) A year has passed since I came to this northern hemisphere, and I have to admit it took nearly one year for me to begin to appreciate and learn the Swedish language. Perhaps I was discouraged or blatantly ignorant because I was surrounded by international communities, and the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: learn Swedish, Learning Swedish through Jazz, Study Swedish, Swedish, Swedish jazz

What I did to learn Swedish

12 July 2016 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Learn Swedish and what I did. Learning an entirely new language is always an interesting and slightly daunting task. And let’s face it, for most of us Newbies, we didn’t find ourselves hearing much Swedish before coming here. If you grew up in Britain, there was the Swedish chef from the muppets, (whose mastery of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: learn Swedish, learning swedish, learning Swedish by yourself, sas, sfi, Study Swedish, swedish behaviour, swedish for immigrants

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