SACE Stage 2 Swedish (continuers) study plan

Identify the main argument, purpose and audience of three authentic Swedish opinion texts (editorial, debate article, blog post) and annotate the evidence for each judgement

Build a personal glossary of 40 high-frequency academic and discourse-marker words (t.ex. dock, emellertid, därmed, å ena sidan) with Swedish definitions and one original example sentence each

Paraphrase five complex sentences from an authentic text into simpler Swedish without losing meaning, then check your version against the original

Explain in writing how Swedish formal versus informal address (du/ni, titles, pronouns) signals the writer's stance in two of the texts you read

Summarise a 600-word Swedish article in exactly 120 words, preserving the thesis and two supporting points

Draft a 250-word argumentative text in Swedish on a current social issue, using at least six discourse markers correctly

Self-edit your draft against a checklist covering word order (V2, inversion, subordinate-clause order), definiteness and verb tense consistency

Compare your summary with the source to eliminate any copied phrasing and confirm all claims are traceable to the original

Write three text types (formal letter of complaint, personal blog entry, short informative article) and adjust register, structure and formulaic phrases for each

Use reported speech and hedging constructions (påstås, enligt, torde) accurately in a 200-word neutral news-style report

Analyse how Swedish cultural references (e.g. allemansrätten, lagom, fika) function in a text and decide when to explain versus leave them implicit for a Swedish reader

Compile a checklist of ten recurring errors from your own writing and rewrite one earlier draft applying it

Listen to two 3-minute authentic Swedish audio segments (podcast, radio interview) and take structured notes on main points and speaker attitude

Conduct a 10-minute spoken interaction in Swedish in which you ask follow-up questions, express disagreement politely and negotiate a shared decision

Transcribe 60 seconds of speech and mark features of natural spoken Swedish (fillers, reduced forms, sentence starters) that differ from written norms

Role-play a formal scenario (e.g. contacting a landlord or course administrator) and record it, then evaluate your fluency, accuracy and register

Sustain a 15-minute conversation with a proficient speaker or language partner, initiating topics, clarifying and repairing misunderstandings without switching to English

Identify and practise ten conversational strategies in Swedish (interrupting, softening, checking understanding, paraphrasing) and log one example of each from your own speech

Compare Swedish conversational norms with your own culture in a short written reflection, citing specific observed behaviours

Give a 3-minute unprepared oral response to a Swedish prompt and review the recording for recurring grammatical slips

Analyse two Swedish media texts for how language choices construct perspective (word connotation, passive voice, nominalisation, choice of sources)

Write a 350-word analytical response in Swedish explaining how a specific linguistic feature shapes the reader's interpretation

Evaluate the reliability and bias of two sources on the same topic and justify your judgement with textual evidence

Discuss in Swedish how language and identity intersect in a Swedish-speaking context (e.g. dialect, Finland-Swedish, youth slang) using at least two concrete examples

Produce a 400-word extended written text in Swedish (persuasive or discursive) under timed conditions in 60 minutes

Deliver a 5-minute structured oral presentation in Swedish with a clear introduction, argument and conclusion, followed by two minutes of questions

Revise both pieces using feedback from a tutor, partner or self-review against the exam criteria, and document each change

Practise reformulating complex ideas into clear spoken Swedish on the spot for ten minutes

Complete two full timed mock papers covering reading, writing and oral interaction under exam conditions

Review every error from the mocks and classify it as lexical, grammatical, strategic or cultural, then target the three most frequent categories

Rehearse a 12-minute oral examination simulation including a stimulus-based discussion and a reflective question on language and culture

Consolidate a one-page personal error-and-strategy sheet in Swedish and English to review in the final days