Pick an angle or theme The really important thing here is to select one thing to write about. Your experience of coming to Sweden is probably very complex, and you might have a very good, and long story to share. But this is not the moment to tell the story of your...
Important dates: 8:th of January 2018 Deadline for submissions. 28:th of Feburary 2018: Winners are informed of their co-authorship. March 2018: Contracts are to be signed, personal information and photos to be submitted. April – May 2018: Potential adjustments...
UtLYSning: Lämna in ditt bidrag Arbetstitel: My Swedish career Vi söker bidrag inom kreativ facklitteratur / biografi, skrivna av utländska yrkespersoner som har kommit till Sverige som vuxna. Texterna ska tillsammans utgöra en antologi, som tar itu med erfarenheter...
Call for submissions Working title: My Swedish career We are seeking original pieces of creative non-fiction produced by international professionals who have arrived to Sweden at an age of 20 or above, addressing their personal experiences of entering (or trying to...
If you were not familiar with the Swedes’ attitude to their summer holidays already, you might start to notice that the country is more or less shut down by mid July. The cities are full only of tourists, and a handful of bitter professionals who are still going to...
Age is catching up with me. Every morning, my contact lenses present to me not my own eyes, but my mother’s. I frown at this classical reminder of destiny’s imperfection. A cliché without meaning, outsmarted only by my father’s handwriting, haunting me at work, on my...
Hur vet man vilka ord som är viktiga för eleven? Hur väljer man ord när man skapar material i yrkessvenska? Känner du till skillnaden mellan högfrekventa ord, akademiska ord och tekniska ord? Hur många ord behöver man egentligen lära sig för att kunna arbeta?...
Ordkunskap är ett intressant område när det gäller svenska som andraspråk. Inte minst yrkessvenska är väldigt fokuserat på det, för folk i allmänhet verkar ha en bild av att det är yrkesterminologi man behöver för att kunna få ett jobb i Sverige. Därav alla satsningar...
Where to go for MidsummerYou have probably been told about the upcoming event, midsommarafton, taking place on Friday. The aim is to celebrate the summer solstice (actually occurring a few days earlier) and the fact that from now and onwards, every day will be a...
I undervisningen i yrkessvenska är det förstås en viktig del att prata om kulturella skillnader på arbetsplatsen. Det finns kurslitteratur som tar upp ämnet, men det bästa är ändå när det kommer från kursdeltagarna själva. Med detta i åtanke gav jag nyligen en...
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