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Immigration
Part 1 Why did you decide to leave your home country? When did you move to Sweden? Did you ever think about leaving your home country when you were younger? Why did you choose to move to Sweden and not another country? From 1 to 10, how would you rate the quality of life in Sweden, and how in your home country? (10 is the highest rating) What is good about being an immigrant? What is difficult about being an immigrant? What surprised you as an immigrant in Sweden? Do you thin
Apr 153 min read


LW #49: Ett-nouns, pronouns and adjectives - revision (1)
We are done with ett-nouns (for now), and in this and the next workshop we will review what we have learned in the previous ones (workshops 41 to 47). If you need to go over some theory first, go back to those workshops. Exercises Ett-nouns can be divided into two large groups in terms of how they change form (singular/plural, indefinite/definite). These two groups are: A. ett-nouns ending in a consonant and ett-nouns ending in a vowel B. ett-nouns ending in -a and ett-nouns
Apr 155 min read


Free time
Part 1 How do you usually spend your free time? What is your favorite way to spend your free time? What relaxes you more, communication with others or spending time alone? Who do you like to spend your free time with the most? Do you like to spend your time drinking coffee at a cafe and if so, where do you do it in Sweden? How much of your free time do you spend with your family and in what way? How much of your free time do you spend with your friends and in what way? Is the
Apr 123 min read


LW #48: Ett-nouns, pronouns and adjectives in sentences
In this workshop we go straight to the exercises. All the theory you may need is in the previous workshop . Exercises Vi hade ett ____________ ____________ förra veckan. (ett samtal, trevlig) We had a nice conversation last week. Ett ____________ kan vara ____________. (ett samtal, trevlig) A conversation can be nice. Vi pratade om ett ____________ ____________ igår. (ett ämne, vacker) We talked about a beautiful topic yesterday. Vi pratade om ett ____________ som var väldi
Apr 64 min read


Clothes
Part 1 Does it matter how we dress - what message do we send with our clothes? What type of clothes do you usually wear when you're out, and what do you wear when you're at home? Has your taste in clothing changed over the years? Is it important to you what material the clothes you wear are made of, for example natural materials like cotton or artificial materials like polyester? What color do you like to wear the most? Do you like buying clothes and how often do you buy clot
Apr 63 min read


Classroom design
One day the teacher was talking to her students about how they would design the classroom. Little Anna says: "I would paint the walls white and put flowers on them so we feel like we are in nature." Little John says, "I would put some math exercises on the wall. I think that would be cool." Little Peter was playing with his pencil and didn't seem interested in the subject at all, so the teacher went up to him and asked: "Peter, how would you have designed our classroom?" Litt
Apr 61 min read


Chicken phobia
A man comes to a psychiatrist because of his chicken phobia. The psychiatrist tells him, "Yes, we can treat all kinds of phobias, but it takes a little longer and you have to stay in our clinic for about three months." The patient agrees, so the doctor starts daily psychotherapy. After two months, there seems to be progress. The doctor says, "Okay, you've been at our clinic for two months now and I think you're ready to go for a walk by yourself, near the clinic." The patient
Apr 61 min read


LW #47: Ett-nouns, pronouns and adjectives (2)
Yes, we're doing the same thing again. :) Because... it's very important. If one wants to speak Swedish correctly, this is a big part of it - how to combine nouns with pronouns and adjectives. So let's go to work and repeat what we've learned so far! Exercises Ett-nouns ending in consonants - fill in the table: indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural ett äktenskap a marriage the marriage marriages the marriages a roof the roof tak roofs the roo
Apr 17 min read


Just rumors
One day, a tourist came to a town where the people had a reputation for being very stingy. It was a very nice town, however, so he decided to take a walk along the harbor. While he was walking, he saw a boy fall into the water. He jumped in without hesitation and saved the boy. Completely soaked, he went into a nearby pub to change. The people there were very nice to him, offered him a free beer and praised him for his quick reaction. So the man concluded that there was no tr
Apr 11 min read
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