These two 60-minute CDs, recorded by native speakers of Swedish, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial Swedish course. While reinforcing material from the book, the CDs also contain a variety of additional exercises, including role-playing, and a useful guide to pronunciation. Course The complete course comprises the book and audio materials. These are available to purchase separately in paperback, ebook, CD and MP3 format. The paperback and CDs can also be purchased together in the great-value Colloquials pack. 978-0-415-36275-7 (please note this does not include the audio) CDs : 978-0-415-36273-3 978-0-203-01274-1 (please note this does not include the audio, available to purchase from ) 978-0-415-47050-6 (available to purchase from ) Pack : 978-0-415-44871-0 (paperback and CDs)
It starts as a really good language book, but... I started to feel irritated along the course.
First and foremost, there are errors here and there... Poor proofread...
The two male voice actors (Kalle/Robert or the one who read Unit 8 text) are annoying: one speaks with an extremely sleepy voice (not sure whether he stayed focused), the other speaks as quickly as he can, like he doesn't want you to follow! His voice is not as clear either, as in he has something in his mouth while talking... I felt the impulse to skip the whole text whenever the two speak.
The contents, especially the dialogues, are getting boring from Unit 6/7 as well. The characters (for dialogues' sake) are superficial and shallow as well.
I don't know if I should consider this book "read" until I am actually fluent in Swedish. I have worked through chapters 1-4 like 3 times, and I've worked through 5-8 once or one and a half times, and I've skimmed the rest.