AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims at provinding students with further advanced knowledge about the Swedish language and its use in various contexts, paying particular attention to textual analysis and writing techniques and dedicating a series of practical classes to the teaching of Swedish for specific purposes and in specific areas of professional interest. The course is divided into two parts: a one-semester linguistics module and a two-semester practical language module.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The linguistic module aims at presenting the main trends in contemporary (spoken) Swedish.

The practical language module aims at bringing students to the C2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

TEACHING METHODS

Frontal lectures and language practical classes

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1. The Swedish language spoken by immigrants: vocabulary and linguistic strategies; analysis of real and literary texts. 

2. Language in the suburbs: the case of the so-called Rinkebysvenska.

3. Youth culture and language: the situation in Stockholm.

4. Foreign (English) elements in Swedish slang.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lecture notes and other materials distributed in class or available on the platform aulaweb.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

Class schedule

SWEDISH LANGUAGE II

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The linguistics module is assessed through an oral exam at the end of the course. The practical module is assessed at the end of the second semester through a written exam paper and an oral exam.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The oral exam on the linguistics module will deal with the most significant features of the phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary of the Scandinavian languages in their historical phases, on the periodization problems, as well as on the syncronic relationship between the Scandinavian languages.

Exam schedule