The objective of the Certificate programme is to equip the students with both a practical training in the spoken language and a good linguistic foundation of the language. Students will be able to comprehend a wide variety of literary and oral materials upon completion of the Certificate programme. Students will also gain insight and appreciation of Swedish culture and society.
After successful completion of 240 hours and a pass in the oral examination held at the end of Year II students can obtain a Statement of Proficiency. After successful completion of the 3 year programme and obtaining a pass in the Certificate Examination students will be awarded the Certificate in Swedish. The final Certificate Examination consists of two parts: a three-hour written examination (60%) and an oral examination of 15 minutes duration (40%). In order to qualify for admission to the Certificate Examination students must normally have completed the equivalent of 360 hours of tuition in Swedish.
The following Swedish public courses will be offered in 2007-08. The schedule is as follows:
Swedish for beginners (120 Hours) Tuesday and Thursday 7:30pm to 9:30pm.Intermediate Swedish (120 Hours) Saturday 10am - 1:00pm. The First Term of our Swedish public courses in 2007-2008 will begin on October 8, 2007. The application deadline will be September 30, 2007.
For detailed course information, please visit our website:> University of Hong Kong
or contact
Ms. Yvonne Yeung at 2859-8030 oremail: Yvonne Yeung