Common Questions

'What level of Swedish is this course for?'

If you're a beginner, this course will be great. However, you may have studied Swedish for a while and maybe you're still confused about Swedish word order, when to use 'i' or 'på' in time expressions, or how to exactly use the verb forms (what the difference is between preteritum and present perfect, for example).

Maybe you feel you can read Swedish, but you can't recognise the words and phrases when you hear them. This could be because of the pronunciation, and/or the speed of speech, as 'natural' speech includes a lot of contractions and reductions.

Maybe you're still making mistakes with your noun plural forms (or maybe you have forgotten how they work). Maybe you keep using English word order. Maybe you find it difficult to remember basic vocabulary. If this is the case, then this course will also be really great (or should I say 'giant good'?) for you.

I've had clients on intermediate+ level who have still found the Decoding and Active listening method immensely useful and it has highlighted aspects that they hadn't realised, even though they had studied Swedish for many years.

NOW DRIVE WE follows the Teach Yourself Complete book, chapters 1-7.

'How do I know if the course is too easy for me?'

If you can do the following confidently and correctly, you don't need this course:

-use the present perfect to talk about things you have done

-talk about things you or someone did (past tense)

-use personal pronouns in subject and object form

-express likes and dislikes of things and activities

-use indefinite and interrogative pronouns

-use imperatives to give instructions and directions

-use possessive pronouns to describe who owns something

-use all numbers (cardinal and ordinal)

-discuss hobbies and interests

-talk about the weather

-talk about future plans

-form plural endings for nouns

-order things and ask for prices

-ask and tell the time

-use short answers

-talk about what you usually do in a day

-use two-verb constructions

-talk about yourself, your family and where you live

-use nouns in indefinite and definite forms

-give basic opinions

-greet someone and introduce yourself

-use present tense

-use the correct word order to ask and answer questions

-understand when someone else does all the above

'How many hours per week do I need to study?'

The training programme sets out each study session for you.

You can choose how often you'd like to do a study session. If you have a lot of time, you can do them more often.

But if you have less time, you might do one session when you have time. You might even break one session up into two. Some sessions might take longer than others, depending on what you find easy/hard.

You will do one step at a time, at a pace that suits you.

Since you will have continued access to all the material, the Live Q&A's and the online community, you can be flexible, and you will always have support if/when you get stuck.

You can take as little or as long as you need.

'When are the Live Q&A's?

Fortnightly Wednesdays (starting 8 May 2024) at 8am Pacific | 11am Eastern | 4pm UK | 5pm Central Europe

It might change later, but for the coming few months, this is the time.

Recordings and option to ask questions beforehand when you can’t make it live. Call recordings will be available at least 5 weeks back.

'I can't make the Live Q&A's... is it still worth it?'

NOW DRIVE WE is built as a self-study program that you can move through on your own, while the live Q&A's are support and guidance for when you have questions, get stuck or need examples of how to apply something. Nothing extra is being taught there that you’re missing if you can’t be there live.

You can also ask questions even if you can’t be on the call by sending them to me and then watch the recording with my answer.

Even if there’s definitely an added dimension to being there live, the benefit of watching the recordings FAR surpasses not doing the course at all…

'What's the refund/cancellation policy?'

NOW DRIVE WE is a non-refundable course. As soon as you enrol, you will have access to my tools, the flashcards and so on. Once you're in, you're in.

'Will I have access to the materials once I've completed the course?'

Yes, you’ll keep it and will be able to attend future live Q&A's for as long as I choose to continue the course.

'Do I need to get any material before starting the course?'

Yes! You have to get my book Teach Yourself Complete Swedish.

You won't be able to do this course without it.

'Is the course material in 'English as if it were spoken like Swedish'?'

Yes, most instructions are! Just because it makes it more fun. :) However, I speak 'normal English' in the decoding videos, in the Quizlet demo video and I will (mainly) be speaking 'normal English' during the Live Q&A's. The Quizlet instruction PDF is also in 'normal English'. I have added a note/warning whenever I'm using 'normal English', so you know. :)