In this final lesson of the Swedish Travel Diaries, we hear about how the family wrapped up their holiday on the Swedish west coast. We learn new vocabulary and new phrases, and have a look at the difference prepositions can make to the same verb. Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In the penultimate lesson of our Travel Diaries we follow Mattias and family further south along the Swedish west coast to the city of Halmstad. As the family runs into a minor crisis situation we take the opportunity to delve into lots of new phrases and grammar. We explore the difference between varsin, varsitt and varsina, and review definite and indefinite forms. Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the f ..read more

Episode 8 of our Swedish Travel Diaries is packed with lots of grammar and new vocabulary. We follow the family to the little island of Vinga where one of Sweden's most influential troubadours grew up. While we explore Vinga we also learn new phrases and expressions. Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Following our visit to the amusement park, Liseberg, in the last episode, we now get to hear more about what the family does in the city of Göteborg. We focus on the past and perfect tenses, encounter some new phrasal verbs, and look at familiar vocabulary in new contexts. Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In this episode we follow the family to the amusement park Liseberg in Gothenburg. During this rainy day we get the chance to practise the perfect tense and really put our understanding of phrasal verbs to the test. Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In this lesson we explore the small town Skärhamn on the Swedish west coast where we take the opportunity to delve into slightly more complex grammar. We look at how certain words can carry different meanings depending on the context and how other words can be used to subtly to convey different feelings. Of course, we also learn some new phrases and vocabulary along the way! Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check o ..read more

In this lesson, the family leaves Marstrand to travel to nearby island Klädesholmen. We get to hear stories about Mattias's childhood as he takes us up and down the streets lined by white wooden houses on this rocky island full of rose bushes, sunshine, and sailboats. We learn some new vocabulary and revise verb tenses along the way! Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video version and bonus audio and notes then check out the full course here. Hosted on Acast ..read more

The adventures of the family continue! In this episode we follow them as they take the ferry over to the island of Marstrandsön - an island full of sunshine, history, old fortresses, ghosts, and seagulls. This lesson builds on a lot of the grammar we are already familiar with and we encounter verbs in new tenses. We also see some new and useful constructions, and learn more about some of Sweden's most infamous criminals. Travel Diaries is being published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a video ..read more

Welcome to the very first episode of the Coffee Break Swedish Travel Diaries! In Episode 1 we are introduced to a family of four as they drive down from the city of Uppsala to spend their summer holidays on the West Coast of Sweden. As we get to know them and follow their initial drive down to the coast we review some key grammar, including tenses and compound words, and are introduced to both new vocabulary and grammar points. Travel Diaries will be published in one season of ten episodes weekly from Thursday 27th April. If you’d like to access our support materials including lesson notes, a ..read more

Welcome to the final lesson from Season 1 of Coffee Break Swedish! This week we take some time to reflect on what Mark and Catriona have learned during their travels in Sweden, giving us an excellent opportunity to practise both the past and perfect tenses. We learn some new phrases and also review some key points when it comes to the verb "to think". Are you ready? Låt oss börja! Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Swedish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Swedish in between lessons. Remember - a few minutes a day ca ..read more