Registration for 2025-2026 school year opens April 15
Summary
Swedish as a Second Language for High School Students are courses for children 10-13 years. They are created for students of Swedish heritage, who have never studied Swedish and have no previous knowledge of the language. The instruction languages are English or French.
These courses are based on 30 online lessons that take place throughout the school year. It is planned and conducted by a teacher with formal education in Swedish as a second language. The lessons take place on Zoom, where teacher and students meet and the students are introduced to basic Swedish. In between lessons, the students are expected to do homework for 30 minutes.
The lessons have different themes and the study exercises help the students build up their Swedish vocabulary, verbal comprehension, and grammar.
Swedish as a Second Language is a program at the SMUL Academy, which is a part of the Canadian not-for-profit organisation Association of Swedish Beyond Borders – SMUL.
Curriculum
Teaching material and book
Step 1: The students will work with a student book called Fördel åk 7-9. steg 1. This is a printed book with practical and everyday life content. In addition students will use an exercise book that covers the text. The books will be shipped to the student.
Steps 2: The students will continue to work with Fördel åk 7-9, steg 1. We will also work with the learning material Learn to Read, which is a material with texts at different levels of difficulty, to practice reading comprehension. The teacher will also use other topical and enjoyable materials such as crosswords, games and media.
The teacher will use modern digital media throughout the course to encourage partcipation and motivation. We also encourage students building their Swedish vocabulary with the app Duolingo parallel with the course work.
Teaching languages are Swedish and English or French. The lessons are planned and conducted by a teacher with formal training in Swedish as a Second Language. The teacher runs the class on Zoom once per week. The students are expected to do 30 minutes of homework in between classes. Parents are encouraged to support the student with the homework.
Time Requirement & Schedule
The course entails a lesson plan with 30 lesson throughout the school year with lessons of 60 minutes each time. The home work will add another 30 minutes of work in between.
We have the following classes during next year:
STEP 1 – NEW BEGINNER STUDENTS
NYB HÖG IA for Europe: monday 19.00 London / 20.00 Stockholm. Teacher: Maria Diemar
NYB HÖG IB for Asia & Australia: monday (11.30 swedish time) 17.30/18.30 Singapore / 18.30/19.30 Tokyo / 19.30/21.30 Sydney. Teacher: Maria Diemar
NYB HÖG IC for North America: monday 17.30 LA PT / 19.30 Dallas CT / 20.30 NYC ET. Teacher: Annika Lindh Cully
STEP 2 RETURNING BEGINNER STUDENTS
NYB HÖG IIA for Europe: Wednesday 17.00 London / 18.00 Stockholm. Teacher: Maria Diemar
NYB HÖG IIB for North America: monday 18.45 LA PT / 20.45 Dallas CT / 21.45 NYC ET. Teacher: Annika Lindh Cully
We also have some availability for private lessons. If none of the classes and dates above work for you, and you want to explore that as an option, please email us at info@svenskautomlans.org; we will then contact you to explore your child’s academic needs and try to match them up with one of our teachers.
Language Level
Swedish as a Second Language for High Shool is a course in beginner Swedish, corresponding to level A1/A2, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEF) by the Council of Europe.
Read here what A1/A2 corresponds to in langauge level >>
This is a course for teens at high school, who can read and write in an age appriopriate way in their school language but not in Swedish. There is no pre-requisite of previous Swedish knowledge; we welcome brand new beginners. The students needs to know English or French, since this will be the supporting class language.
If you are not sure if this course would work for your child, please email info@svenskautomlands.org for a some feedback.
Teachers
Instruction in English: Maria Diemar is the teacher of the courses taught in English. She is a formally trained Swedish teacher in Swedish as a Second Language. Marie is from Sweden and has extensive experience of teaching students at the Swedish School of Plano, Texas and Melbourne in Australia. She has also taught adult immigrants in Sweden.
Course Coordinator
Louise Sverud works as the school administrator at the SMUL Academy and is the one who coordinates everything for these courses.
Credits and Diploma
Finished course work and homework gives the student an informal report card. This course gives 50 points at the SMUL academy.
Class size
We accept 5-8 students into this class. Class size is small to make the learning effective.
Cost
The cost is CAD $1099.00 (ca 7 700 SEK / USD$768 / 711 Euro)** and includes:
- 30 online lessons with a Swedish teacher
- Digital or printed material
- The digital platform Pratstart, where the student practise their Swedish in between classes
- Access to an online classroom on Zoom with 5-8 students
- Written instructions about course content
- Homework in PDF format to be printed at home.
Please note that shipping is not included and will be added to the price.
** Exchange rate as of 1st April 2025
Registration
Registration for 2024/2025 opens April 15 and closes 1st Sep, 2025. You find the registration form HERE >>
Registration for private tutoring is available throughout the school year. If you have questions, we welcome you to contact us at info@svenskautomlands.org for a discussion. We also have study advice with Louise Sverud via Zoom which you can book HERE >>