From English to Swedish 1 & 2 is a series of textbooks for English speaking students who would like to learn Swedish.
As the students\' vocabulary develops, the questions become increasingly open-ended in order to stimulate reflection a.
Each lesson includes a number of exercises, where students are encouraged to practice their newly gained grammar knowledge, repeat vocabulary, and answer questions in connection with the texts.
At the end of each book there is a grammar overview with definitions of concepts and references to relevant chapters.
All grammatical terms, except the most common ones, are explained.
Each chapter of the books contains a short grammar section presenting essentials in Swedish morphology and syntax.
In an appendix to book 1, the similarities between English and Swedish are explained From an historical point of view, and over 300 related words From different areas are presented.
Having finished both books, the student will have acquired a vocabulary of slightly more than 1,500 words including 57 % of the 2,000 most frequent words of the Swedish language as defined by Spr kbanken (the Language Bank), a data base published by the University of Gothenburg.
Many of the words appearing in the texts are similar to their English counterparts.
To facilitate the student\'s learning, the books take advantage of the close relationship between English and Swedish. ke Daun, professor of ethnology From Stockholm University and a specialist in Swedish mentality, has examined the first book and describes the way it introduces Swedish mentality as innovative and entertaining.
She struggles to learn Swedish and adapt to Swedish culture, but in the process runs into a number of culture clashes, all based on the authors\' real life experiences.
The texts of the books tell the story of an American girl who comes as an exchange student to live in a Swedish family.
The Kindle edition includes sound tracks for all vocabulary lists and texts.
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For the paper books, a series of videos with pronunciation help can be fond on YouTube.
A full color paper edition (ISBN 978-1540452900) and a full color Kindle edition (ASIN B07FXWHL29) are also available.
This is the black and white paper edition of From English to Swedish 1.
Unlike most Swedish textbooks they provide vocabulary lists, grammar explanations, and text commentaries in English.
The first book covers level A1 and the second book level A2 of the European CEFR-scale.
From English to Swedish 1 & 2 is a series of textbooks for English speaking students who would like to learn Swedish
