Continue developing your intermediate Swedish fluency and confidence with our Intermediate Swedish: B1.2 Course, suitable for learners who have completed our Intermediate Swedish: B1.1 Course or have approximately 160 hours of prior study. This course helps you strengthen your communication skills for everyday situations while deepening your understanding of intermediate Swedish grammar and vocabulary, making it ideal for learners looking to use Swedish for travel, work, or personal enrichment in a supportive, interactive learning environment.

You will learn to talk about money and finances, agree and disagree in discussions, analyse advantages and disadvantages, and discuss animals, nature, and sustainable lifestyles. Grammar and vocabulary are introduced in context, covering correlative conjunctions such as antingen… eller and både… och, the comparative structure ju… desto, adjective–noun combinations, present participles, and a review of verb groups and key tenses including the imperative, infinitive, and present tense. Phonetics is integrated throughout, with focused practice on word stress in syllables and suffixes.

DELIVERY MODE

Delivery mode for individual classes will vary from term to term, but will be listed as the following:

• Face-to-Face: WEA Sydney
• Online: Microsoft Teams

TEXTBOOK

• Rivstart B1+B2 3rd Edition Textbook (Natur & Kultur: 2025), ISBN: 9789127466852

Supplier: Abbey's Language Book Centre
Please note that textbook cost is not included in the course fee. In the event of a course being cancelled, WEA Sydney cannot be held responsible for the purchase of any textbooks. Language courses will be confirmed or cancelled at least 7 days prior to their starting date.

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

• Talking about money and finances
• Agreeing and disagreeing
• Discussing advantages and disadvantages
• Talking about animals and nature
• Discussing sustainable lifestyles

Grammar

• Conjunctions: _antingen_… eller, _både_… och, _varken_… eller, _inte_…, _utan_…
• Correlative comparative construction: _ju_… desto
• Adjectives + nouns
• Verbs: all groups
• Verbs: present participles
• Verb tenses: imperative, infinitive, present tense

Phonetics

• Word stress – syllables
• Word stress – suffixes

Vocabulary

• Money
• Dreams and happiness
• The environment
• Animals and nature
• Idioms

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Communicate clearly and confidently about social and environmental topics, including discussing money and finances, agreeing and disagreeing, weighing advantages and disadvantages, talking about animals and nature, and expressing views on sustainable lifestyles.
2. Use a broad range of grammatical structures to organise arguments and express nuance, including correlative conjunctions (antingen… eller, både… och, varken… eller, inte… utan), the comparative construction ju… desto, adjective–noun agreement, present participles, and verb forms across all groups in the imperative, infinitive, and present tense.
3. Improve pronunciation and expand thematic vocabulary, focusing on word stress at syllable and suffix level, and vocabulary related to money, dreams and happiness, the environment, animals and nature, and common Swedish idioms.