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Swedish: Basic Pronunciation 1

Dear Language Student.

You are about to learn a new language by ear.

You’ve already used it before as a child with

your mother tongue.

We help you to rediscover it in three logical steps.

STEP 1 – Listen to the sounds.

Listen many times to a bunch of sound snippets
which are presented in an overlapping pattern.

“Many times?” We don’t mean 7 or 8 times –
more like 50 to 100 times.

All the sound patterns of the language will
trickle in, and later on pronunciation will become
less of a hurdle than everybody thinks.

Don’t worry at all about what the sentences mean.

Just listen and listen and listen, then you’re
ready for Step 2

STEP 2 -Listen again, with translations

Now play the sentences again, one by one this time.

and listen to the translations. Just like the first step,

do this many times,-until the meaning “sticks”.

Don’t speak yet.

Then, go back to the overlapping patterns of STEP 1,

and play them again.

When you feel confident that you understand the

meanings of the sentences then it’s time for step 3

STEP 3 – Speak with a loud and clear voice.

Play the sentences again one by one.

This time after each sentence there will be a

pause for you to speak.

Again – do this many times, until you think it
sounds good.

Good luck!