{"title":"From English To Swedish","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"from-english-to-swedish-1-book-agatha-christie-9781540529954","title":"From English to Swedish 1","description":"\u003ci\u003eFrom English to Swedish 1 \u0026amp; 2\u003c\/i\u003e is a series of textbooks for English speaking students who would like to learn Swedish. The first book covers level A1 and the second book level A2 of the European CEFR-scale. Unlike most Swedish textbooks they provide vocabulary lists, grammar explanations, and text commentaries in English. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is the black and white paper edition of \u003ci\u003eFrom English to Swedish 1\u003c\/i\u003e. A full color paper edition (ISBN 978-1540452900) and a full color Kindle edition (ASIN B07FXWHL29) are also available. For the paper books, a series of videos with pronunciation help can be fond on YouTube. Search for From English to Swedish 1. The Kindle edition includes sound tracks for all vocabulary lists and texts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The texts of the books tell the story of an American girl who comes as an exchange student to live in a Swedish family. She struggles to learn Swedish and adapt to Swedish culture, but in the process runs into a number of culture clashes, all based on the authors' real life experiences.  ke Daun, professor of ethnology from Stockholm University and a specialist in Swedish mentality, has examined the first book and describes the way it introduces Swedish mentality as innovative and entertaining. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To facilitate the student's learning, the books take advantage of the close relationship between English and Swedish. Many of the words appearing in the texts are similar to their English counterparts. Having finished both books, the student will have acquired a vocabulary of slightly more than 1,500 words including 57 % of the 2,000 most frequent words of the Swedish language as defined by \u003ci\u003eSpr kbanken\u003c\/i\u003e (the Language Bank), a data base published by the University of Gothenburg. In an appendix to book 1, the similarities between English and Swedish are explained from an historical point of view, and over 300 related words from different areas are presented. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each chapter of the books contains a short grammar section presenting essentials in Swedish morphology and syntax. All grammatical terms, except the most common ones, are explained. At the end of each book there is a grammar overview with definitions of concepts and references to relevant chapters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Each lesson includes a number of exercises, where students are encouraged to practice their newly gained grammar knowledge, repeat vocabulary, and answer questions in connection with the texts. As the students' vocabulary develops, the questions become increasingly open-ended in order to stimulate reflection and discussion in class. Furthermore, a number of songs with simple vocabulary are included, mainly children's songs by classic song-writers. Finally, each book contains answers to the exercises and a complete alphabetical glossary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Judgments about \u003ci\u003eFrom English to Swedish 1\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eI'm just learning Swedish, and this book is wonderful. The style \u0026amp; methodology are ideal. 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A full color version is also available. Look for ISBN 978-1533227034.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom English to Swedish 2\u003c\/i\u003e is an intermediate Swedish textbook for English speaking students covering level A2 of the European CEFR-scale. It is a direct sequel of \u003ci\u003eFrom English to Swedish 1\u003c\/i\u003e by the same authors. Pronunciation help on YouTube is now available also for the second book (see \u003ci\u003ehttps: \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cvHrIgXzBY0\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first book tells the story of an American exchange student, Ashley Chapman, and her Swedish host family, the Lundstr ms. In this book readers continue to follow Ashley through the second half of her exchange year, during which she learns more about the Swedish society and visits several of the larger cities in the country. She also continues to observe, analyze, and discuss differences in culture and mentality between Swedes and Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the help the two books students acquire a total vocabulary of slightly more than 1,500 words including 57 % of the 2,000 most frequent words of the Swedish language as defined by \u003ci\u003eSpr kbanken\u003c\/i\u003e (the Language Bank), a data base published by the University of Gothenburg. A glossary listing the complete vocabulary is included at the end of this book. Furthermore, the book contains exercises which help students develop the skill of guessing the meaning of many more words, which are of common origin to English and Swedish or have been imported from English to Swedish during the last 200 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe grammar sections of the book cover all forms of the Swedish verb. 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The book contains a suitable mix of enjoyable, informative and often funny texts, grammatical explanations in English, and varying exercises with instructions in English, as well as useful lists of vocabulary.\u003c\/i\u003e (Gun Lystedt, Assistant Professor of Swedish, Ume  University, Sweden)","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50168249516305,"sku":"GOR010400270","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50279849623825,"sku":"CIN153342215XG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51034794557713,"sku":"NIN9781533422156","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52995182199057,"sku":"CIN153342215XVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/153342215X.jpg?v=1751087090"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/from-english-to-swedish-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}