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Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels and beyond

Postby Voytek » Wed Dec 14, 2016 9:43 pm

Some minimal pairs to get to know Swedish sounds:
https://rhinospike.com/audio_requests/ballroom/27943/

You can found those words on forvo:
https://forvo.com

A great pronunciation course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEQVgbDPZ4I

An audiobook with the letters that helps to get used to the Swedish orthography and phonetics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6IcHajCzUo&t=3s

An excellent digital course:
http://www.digitalasparet.se/

Internet press for beginners:
http://www.sesam.nu/

Some short cartoon fragmets in Swedish:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyQxhJS-92vn9MhVFyIFOOlnm_qyc1IKq

There`s some stuff for 3-8 yrs old kids which is perfect for Swedish language learners at A2 level:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt?programid=4785
You can find here (^) some more demanding stuff too.

Folktales:
http://oaks.nvg.org/folksagor.html
http://www.las-en-bok.com/en_himmelsk_fard.pdf
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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels

Postby Voytek » Sat Dec 17, 2016 7:58 am

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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels

Postby Voytek » Wed Dec 21, 2016 9:57 am

Here you can find a great dictionary with Swedish transcriptions (phonetic);
http://www.dict.com/Swedish-English

Here you can find a dictionary with Swedish sounds (You will need FireFox to download them):
https://glosbe.com/

Here you can find a dictionary with exemplary Swedish sentences.
http://en.bab.la/dictionary/swedish-english/

And another course material where you can find simple dialogs in Swedish:
http://skola.karlstad.se/sfitingvalla/

Unga Radioteatern - a great radio series for kids:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt?programid=3171
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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels

Postby Voytek » Sun Jan 08, 2017 9:48 am

News (txt) in simple Swedish:
http://8sidor.se/

Radio news in simple Swedish:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=493

A Swedish online dictionary:
http://lexin.nada.kth.se/lexin/

A Swedish internet TV with subtitles (Swedish ones):
http://urplay.se/

Also here:
http://www.svtplay.se/program?filter=utomlands

An here without subtiles (sometimes they are added):
http://www.dplay.se/kanal5/#!/play/program/226052/video/199366232|/program

A guide to the Swedish pronunciation if someone still need it:
http://www2.hhs.se/isa/swedish/chap9.htm

Another one:
http://freddegredde.com/swedishpronounciation.htm
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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels

Postby Voytek » Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:52 pm

Her you can get to know everything you need about the Swedish pitch accent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06QimoXQMcc

It`s a very good explanation of this crucial matter.
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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels

Postby datsunking1 » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:45 am

Swedish FSI is also pretty thorough. :)

https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/language ... edish.html
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Postby Voytek » Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:59 am

And here you can find films for kids in Swedish:
http://ktv.io/sv

An internet radio in easy Swedish (slow speaking):
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=4916

An internet TV in easy Swedish:
https://www.svtplay.se/svt-nyheter-pa-latt-svenska
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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels and beyond

Postby Voytek » Tue May 09, 2017 7:09 pm

Swedish movies and movies with Swedish dubbing you can watch for free:
http://dreamfilmhd.sh/movies/genres/swedish/?page=0

Some of them have additional subtitles in the language.
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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels

Postby varto2893 » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:47 am

datsunking1 wrote:Swedish FSI is also pretty thorough. :)

https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/language ... edish.html


Thank you for all these resources! Is FSI a good alternative for Assimil? Unfortunately there is no Assimil course for Swedish for English Speakers :cry:
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Re: Swedish resources for beginers and those at A1-2 levels and beyond

Postby Speakeasy » Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:47 pm

varto2893 wrote: … Is FSI a good alternative for Assimil? …
Good question! Generally speaking, the FSI Basic language courses and the Assimil courses contain materials sufficient to bringing the user within the CEFR A2-B1 range. The following is a repost of my comments under the “How to start learning Swedish language?” discussion thread. https://forum.language-learners.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3726

"FSI Basic Swedish: In the 1960’s through the 1980’s, the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), U.S. State Department, published a large collection of language-learning materials for their in-house courses. These courses are now in the public domain and are available on numerous websites. Doubtless, some of the vocabulary in these courses no longer has the purchase that it once had. In addition, as these courses were published a few decades ago, for the training of diplomats, it is quite possible that, at times, the language used will seem excessively formal. Nonetheless, these courses represent an interesting opportunity to expand one’s knowledge of a language for which relatively few materials are available. A realistic level on completion of the FSI Basic courses would be somewhere in the range of A2-B1. Nota bena: these course materials were designed for use in a classroom setting; hence, the notes to the students can seem a little sparse at times."
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