Swedish for Parents: Language for life with a young family in Sweden

by Sarah Campbell, Cibele Guimarães (Illustrator)

Welcome to parenthood in Sweden. Bring coffee.This practical ‘go-to’ guide helps international parents making the most of the first years with children in this famously family-friendly part of Scandinavia. Based on the author’s personal experience of being new in Sweden, this essential handbook is packed with practical and cultural information about day-to-day life with babies, toddlers and young children in Understand the Swedish system of anything from preschool and healthcare to traditions and parties, winter clothing and typical Swedish concepts such as välling, åkpåse and pyssel.- Learn child-related language through illustrated guides, 500 searchable keywords and language exercises.- Use Swedish to talk to other parents, with ready-to-use phrases, small-talk guides and advice on language learning.- Feel like you belong through reading shared stories, perspectives and insider tips from other international families.- Take the opportunity to establish a support network and build a life in your new community.Combining easy-to-access information with ready-to-use language content, this book has been created with the multitasking parent in mind — whatever your parenting style or background.Swedish for Parents won’t help you manage sleepless nights or the tears and tantrums, but it will equip you with a wealth of practical knowledge to About the authorSarah Campbell is a British-born linguist living and working in Uppsala, Sweden. Since qualifying as a language teacher in 2003, Sarah has taught English and German in the United Kingdom, Italy, India and Sweden. In 2013 she designed and created the teaching materials for an award-winning global communications course, and has delivered training, seminars and webinars on the subjects of global citizenship and linguistics across the school curriculum. Sarah is currently pursuing a PhD in Curriculum Studies at Uppsala University, where her research is into language, multilingualism and identity construction in a Swedish context. She plays an active role in the international parenting community in Uppsala and beyond, collaborating with local and national organisations to provide support and information to international families in Sweden. As a mother to two young children, Sarah has first-hand experience of starting out in Sweden without knowing a word of the language. In Swedish for Parents, she, has drawn on her professional and academic background to bring together the experiences of her own family and those of many others into this practical guide to the exhilarating, exhausting, fika-fuelled challenge of getting to grips with life and language as an international parent in Sweden.

196 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 2019

Reviews

[Morales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very useful!

[Alfredo Acosta]

Användbar bok med många intressanta tips för integration, i en kultur där välkomnande inte är lätt för icke-svenska talare.