| The Swedish language is not really difficult to learn | | | | No need to dig up some dust-covered language |
| by an English language speaker. First of all, there | | | | books (if there's anything about Swedish) in the |
| are cognates or related words: 'katt' for cat, | | | | local library or drive to the bookstore. For your |
| 'hund' for hound. Secondly, unlike the Romance | | | | convenience, online vendors are facilitating |
| languages and German, you don't have to bother | | | | downloads of Swedish language learning audio |
| remember any conjugation of verb. | | | | books. The internet helps you look for the most |
| It's one of the easiest languages to master really | | | | efficient program you can download into your |
| (one year would be enough, in fact), but you can | | | | computer. |
| even master it a faster. Living in a Swedish | | | | There are several programs online and among |
| household or community was perhaps the most | | | | them, the Pimsleur approach is one of the most |
| effective means of acquiring the language faster | | | | easy to absorb. It is designed to help you learn |
| in the olden times, aside from taking a Swedish | | | | the exact words and phrases used in speech. This |
| spouse, but today you can learn the language | | | | software may include spoken audios, games and |
| even without going out of your home! | | | | even proficiency tests. |
| Learning a second language, especially one that is | | | | Since it is available in a downloadable format, you |
| not really spoken by many, can be a challenge in | | | | can burn it into CDs, DVDs or Blu-Ray disks and |
| terms of motivation. You may need to struggle | | | | play it in your laptop, car stereo or handy disk |
| your way to language mastery by finding your | | | | player. Or you can load it straight into your |
| interest first in the language lessons, which | | | | pocket computer, iPod or smart phone. |
| includes the correct Swedish grammar, | | | | So after purchasing one, you can immediately |
| vocabulary, its culture, and finally speaking it as if | | | | start your language learning progress even if you |
| it's the language you were born to speak. | | | | have a lot of things to do. You can listen to it |
| Well, there's actually more to Sweden than cold | | | | while in the tub, while jogging, hitting the treadmill, |
| climate: history (Vikings, royalty, medieval | | | | gardening, doing the laundry or commuting to or |
| adventures, battles, empires), Norse mythology, | | | | from work. Whether you learn it alone or with a |
| breathtaking landscapes, Volvos (safest cars in | | | | company, it doesn't matter. You control your |
| the world and no longer boxy), Ericsson mobile | | | | learning pace. |
| gizmos, Nobel Prize and Ingrid Bergman, to list a | | | | The Pimsleur Swedish Compact, a five-hour |
| few. Here's more: once you've learned Swedish, | | | | unabridged program, costs less than $40, way |
| you're not far acquiring two other languages - | | | | cheaper than living for a year in Stockholm. It |
| Norwegian and Danish. | | | | contains ten 30-minute lessons or modules |
| Digital technology has given us means to learn | | | | designed by the renowned language learning guru |
| new languages much easier than an Arab could | | | | Dr. Paul Pimsleur. You can find the audio book |
| learn Chinese centuries ago. Easy, learner-friendly | | | | package at The Talking Book Store or other |
| approaches and the use of advanced gizmos | | | | online vendors. |
| make one's language learning more accurate and | | | | Although interacting with native Swedish speakers |
| faster. So even if you are located thousands of | | | | is still the most effective way to learn the |
| miles away from Sweden, you can learn how to | | | | language, it also entails tough expenditures and |
| tell Victoria Silvstedt in her native language how | | | | social costs. So why not go digital and learn |
| good she looks in her bikinis. | | | | Swedish in no time? |