I came to know about Folkuniversitet during one of the "medspråkare" (or whatever it's called) sessions at komvux. This small lady told me I could be done with Swedish in 6 months and that I'm wasting time over here. She was not really that nice while she spoke, pretty rude and straightforward. I was shocked to my wits. The mere possibility of me having wasted 2 months was shocking. I went to Anne Lie, who handles SFI at komvux here. She said that the course is arranged by arbetsformedlingen when they have at least 5 persons willing to take part in it. They did have such a course in 2010 but not in 2011 because of not having enough number of people. Relief. At least there wasn't a course of doctors going on out there without me. Second, one should have done level C of SFI before starting there. That's precisely where I was. So I hadn't wasted any time really, but every day after SFI would be a waste. So I kept going back to arbetsformedlingen and to Komvux and it resulted in Anne Lie calling up her contacts and everything, was it possible to start one, they say yes. Are there enough students, well, we have 4 doctors at komvux and maybe few nurses as well. Finally the day came when she informed me that the course starts on the 12th of December and can go on for anything between 6 to 9 months. Alhamdulillah, I finished SFI on the 9th of Dec and the next course I wanted started on the 12th. Thanks to the Almighty.
Sjukvårdssvenska is the name of the course that's conducted by different organisations, depending on who gets the contract from Arbetsformedlingen. It's arbetsformedlingen that pays for everything, plus they pay a grant to students (aktivitetsstöd) for taking part into something, even if they're not working. For me as an ungdom (anyone between 18 and 25) it was around 3000sek for 5 days a week.
Arbetsformedlingen has a list of professions wich can take part in the course, so anyone who thinks she might be eligible has to contct them. We were 7 people including 3 doctors, 2 nurses, one pharmacist and an occupational therapist.
Regarding the course, yes it was very very good. We had three sessions per week, including one for medical Swedish and the other two for Swedish grammar and language. Two different teachers Anna and Gertrud took them, and they were as good as possible.
The medical part was a good start for reading and understanding medical literature. We started off with body parts and by the end of 5 months we were reading a nursing book!
The grammar part was also really helpful. Since all of us had completed different levels of Swedish, so our teacher started from basics and built up as we moved forward. So many of my grammatical problems were resolved, so many queries finally answered. SFi was a good start but it feels like kindergarten once you move on to the next levels. It was so repetitive, so slow. But I wanted to learn faster, and that happened during the six months at folkuniversitet. My teacher was very happy with me. She said she had never before seen someone come so far in so little time. Her appreciation boosted my confidence and my craving for performing better grew day by day.
In May 2012, five months after starting the course, five of us took Swedish A. I forgot to mention that when you take a professional course, you can directly take Swedish A, skipping SAS (Swedish as a second language). For Swedish A, we had to read two novels and summarize them, in written and in oral. Also the written test included two essays related to the chapters we had read from "Svenska etc.". The oral test also included a short presentation along with he novel.
Because of my outstanding teachers and the grace of Almighty, I got MVG in Swedish A. This is what I dreamed for and worked for, for six months.The next step is Swedish B, the next one happens in August. I've signed up for it, even though our course ended in June and no other place is open during summer, so I'll have to prepare on my own hand. Plus it's a really short time after the previous test and I'm not expecting as much as last time. I need to clear it anyway.
Let's see what happens. "Kommer tid, kommer råd".
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ReplyDeleteIs it possible that after studyng sjukvårdssvenska I can take svenska 2 also?? As m already doing svenska 1 n think I could hurry up the whole long frustrating program..and m I entitled to aktivitesstöd even if I am studyng svenska 1 at komvux???
I think it's possible to take sv. 2 whenever u want. The tests are happening regularly (2-4 times a year). You can ask the komvux reception desk for the application form and dates.
ReplyDeleteSjukvårdssvenska is not compulsory, though it really helps in the beginning. I did this course at folkuniversitet for 6 months during which I took both swedish A & B.
I did get aktivitetsstöd (actually ungdomsgaranti because I was under 25 years) while doing swedish A & B (which is 1,2,3 now). Ask komvux or arbetsförmedlingen.