Well, I can recommend Nybörjarsvenska and Nybörjarsvenska Övningsbok by Göransson & Lindholm but I can't find any available copies online anywhere. I actually found the latter totally by accident at Powells (I make a point of perusing the Swedish language shelf whenever I'm there in person) -- I used both when I was taking private lessons through Berlitz. I would say by lesson 35, things get challenging (there are 74 lessons). These books are not for wimps ;-) and don't have a single word of English in them. There are no answers in the back of the Övningsbok (workbook) either but I'm sure Magnus would be happy to review your homework ;-)
I really like my little "Learn Swedish" lesson book put out more or less by the Institute for English-Speaking Students, circa 1959 (!!) which I also found at Powells.
This page (http://www.grantandcutler.com/catalogues/nordic/swedish/swede_04.htm) has an interesting list of books and CD's (some of which you're already familiar with) but since it lists the first two I mentioned, I'd say it's a pretty good list ;-) (see also http://www.grantandcutler.com/catalogues/nordic/nordicmain.htm, scroll down to Swedish)
The other approach would be to start reading a book in Swedish on a topic you're interested with a dictionary nearby. I'm barely at the Harry Potter level but it's another way to go about improving your vocab (my big challenge when I was last focused on learning Swedish).
Last but not least, have you tried asking in learn_swedish? I know I've been remiss in keeping up there ;-)
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Date: 2003-06-22 06:22 pm (UTC)Well, I can recommend Nybörjarsvenska and Nybörjarsvenska Övningsbok by Göransson & Lindholm but I can't find any available copies online anywhere. I actually found the latter totally by accident at Powells (I make a point of perusing the Swedish language shelf whenever I'm there in person) -- I used both when I was taking private lessons through Berlitz. I would say by lesson 35, things get challenging (there are 74 lessons). These books are not for wimps ;-) and don't have a single word of English in them. There are no answers in the back of the Övningsbok (workbook) either but I'm sure Magnus would be happy to review your homework ;-)
I really like my little "Learn Swedish" lesson book put out more or less by the Institute for English-Speaking Students, circa 1959 (!!) which I also found at Powells.
This page (http://www.grantandcutler.com/catalogues/nordic/swedish/swede_04.htm) has an interesting list of books and CD's (some of which you're already familiar with) but since it lists the first two I mentioned, I'd say it's a pretty good list ;-) (see also http://www.grantandcutler.com/catalogues/nordic/nordicmain.htm, scroll down to Swedish)
The other approach would be to start reading a book in Swedish on a topic you're interested with a dictionary nearby. I'm barely at the Harry Potter level but it's another way to go about improving your vocab (my big challenge when I was last focused on learning Swedish).
Last but not least, have you tried asking in
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