Simple Swedish Podcast - #274 (2/2) - 7 tips för att tala mer flytande direkt

Episode Date: March 26, 2025

Nivå: A2-B1 Vill ha mer flytande konversationer på svenska? Fastnar du ofta på ord? Blir du stressad när du inte förstår vad folk säger? Byter folk ofta till engelska? Då är det här avsnittet till dig! Jag går igenom 7 tips du kan använda NU för att få mer flyt i dina konversationer. Gå med i 6-veckors-utmaningen! Gå på 30 lektioner på under 6 veckor och få tillbaka hela depositionen! Klicka här för att läsa mer. Platserna är begränsade så skriv in dig asap! Utmaningen startar 14/4. Transkript Nu kommer vi till tips nummer fem.   Så tips nummer fem är mer om din förståelse.   Och det är att lyssna efter nyckelord.   Fokusera på det du faktiskt förstår, för det händer ofta att man inte förstår allting som någon säger, och det är helt normalt.   Men om du fokuserar på det du faktiskt förstår, om du fokuserar på..ja, de här nyckelorden som du faktiskt förstår, då kommer du att förstå ganska mycket.   Och ofta förstår du tillräckligt mycket för att fortsätta konversationen.   Så, det är omöjligt att fokusera på alla ord. Okej.   Du måste fokusera på det som du förstår, helt enkelt.   Och det är också, såhär, du är van att förstå 99,9% av allt på ditt modersmål.   Men när man lär sig ett nytt språk, ja, då är det normalt att man inte förstår allting.   Men det är helt okej.   Så vi ska göra ett litet experiment.   Jag ska läsa en text.   Texten handlar om Göteborg, och ja, du kommer antagligen inte förstå allt.   Men vi kan se vad du förstår.   Så försök bara fokusera på det du faktiskt förstår, och vi ser hur mycket du förstår av det här:   ....för resten av transkriptet klicka här!

Now we come to tip number five. Okay? So tip number five is more about your understanding. And that is to listen for key words. Focus on what you actually understand. understand because it often happens that you don't understand everything that someone says and that's completely normal but if you focus on what you actually understand then you will understand quite a lot and often you understand enough to continue the conversation so it's impossible to focus on all words, ok? You have to focus on what you understand, simply. And that's also like, you're used to understanding 99.9% of everything on your mother's target, but But when you learn a new language, it's normal that you don't understand everything. But that's totally okay.

So, we're going to do a little experiment. I'm going to read a text. The text is about Gothenburg and, yes, you will probably not understand everything but we can see what you understand so just try to focus on what you actually understand and we see how much you understand this. So, Gothenburg is Sweden's next largest city and is located on the west coast of the Götalälv district.

The city was founded in 1621 by Gustav II Adolf and has today a population of about 600,000 inhabitants. Gothenburg is known for its relaxed atmosphere, its tracks and its dialect, the Gothenburg dialect, which is often considered to be one of Sweden's most beloved dialects. The city is an important hub for both industry and culture. Volvo has its origin here, and Gothenburg is also a big port city with a strong history of sailing. For food lovers, it is one of the best places in Sweden to enjoy fresh fish and animals. Among the city's most popular Way Out West and Gotija Cup, which is the world's largest football tournament for young people. So what did you understand from that? Yes, you might have understood that Gothenburg is on the west coast, that it was founded by Gustav II Adolf,

maybe that there are 600,000 people living there. Maybe something about the dialect. Maybe that Volvo is in Gothenburg. Maybe about fish, about Liseberg, about Way Out West, the music festival Way Out West. Maybe you understood something about that there is the football cup called Gotia Cup. I'm sure you understood many things, but also that you didn't understand everything because if this was a conversation I'm sure that you can continue the conversation

yes, so listen after keywords focus on what you actually understand. And just continue the conversation. Good! Number 6 is a useful tip that I personally use quite often. And that is to repeat what you hear. To repeat what you hear, basically. So, someone says something to you and you repeat it, basically. And that has several advantages. For the first one, it's a way to look so you've understood correctly. So if I repeat what you've said, you'll hear if I've understood correctly. du har sagt, så hör du om jag har förstått rätt.

Man övar också på ord, för att om jag upprepar det du säger så övar jag på de orden som du har sagt. Och man får mer tid att tänka på ett svar. And you get more time to think of an answer. So, a good trick I think of is, for example, You ask me, how long have you worked there? How long have you worked there? And I say How long have I worked there? Yes, I have worked there for about three years

So I repeated what you said You say how long have you worked there? And I say how long have you worked there? And I say, how long have I worked there? Not how long have you worked there. I don't repeat exactly But I repeat the words, what you have said So I say, how long have I worked there? Yes, I have worked there for three years So, practice what you hear

Maybe not all the time But generally, a very useful tip To make sure you understand correctly Get time to think and also practice new words. It's also good if... I usually do to repeat that word for that, and then the other person understands what they didn't understand But as I said, quite often you don't need to understand all words, okay? That is something that I personally need to think about

because I have a very perfectionist brain and it's hard for me to... I mean, my brain automatically tries to understand all words and if I don't hear all words I become a little insecure and that's why the last tip is extra useful for me and this tip was actually given by my girlfriend A very good tip, so therefore I saved that tip for last

So tip number 7 It's fake it till you make it Ok, fake it till you make it So, what does this mean in practice? ok, fake it till you make it so what does this mean in practice? simply, that you pretend to be more fluent than you actually are so you fake that you actually speak a little more fluently than you actually do so that means that you try to speak with more self-confidence

and maybe not care so much about mistakes, it doesn't matter that I say something wrong, that I make a mistake, I just keep going, I pretend that I speak fluently. I try to feel this self-confidence in myself. And when I listen, I assume that I will understand. I just assume that. To assume something is to just... I mean, to think, I don't know if I will understand or not. But to assume that you understand means that, yes, I will understand. That's like my...

That's like... I'm sure that I will understand. I mean, I assume that, simply. You leave out of the fact that I will understand. I leave out of that. I understand, I leave it. So, and even if I didn't understand 100% there is still a big chance that I understand enough and the chance is even greater if I feel confident and relaxed and if I assume that I will understand, then the chance is much bigger. So think about it, if you are insecure and think, hmmm, will I understand, will I understand, then the chance is less that you understand, but if you feel safe about it, if you leave out that you will understand, then you have a greater chance of actually understanding.

So that's a bit what I mean by Fakie to you make it in this case So, because often you can speak the language So you are more capable and competent than you often think And yes, then it can of course happen that I thought you said one thing, but you actually said another thing. But then you will understand it pretty soon and we can find the error. So it's often not a big problem if we don't talk about something serious. If I'm at the doctor's or the police, okay, then maybe I don't use this technique. Then maybe I'm not fake it till I make it but but if I'm in a normal conversation like that it will work well and it is much less risk that someone switches to English ok so yes because we often think that we need a higher level, we often think that we need this level, this level and so on

But we often manage with a slightly lower level So that was the seven tips, I hope they are helpful to you And before we end, I said in the beginning that I have an important message I want to tell you about a new challenge that we are launching on Language Gym. This is something completely new, we have not done this before and this is very exciting. I think that this will... I am very sure that this can be very cool. So, we are opening our six weeks challenge right now. And the goal with that is to build self-confidence through real conversations and to become comfortable speaking Swedish for only six weeks.

Okay, so how do you do to participate? So to participate in this challenge, you follow the link in the description and register and you pay a deposit and this is to give you a lot of motivation ok? so you pay a deposit then you go to 30 lessons as fast as you can.

And if you do it in 6 weeks, you get the entire deposit back. That means that if you do it, the challenge has been completely free. And of course you can also choose to invest that money in more lessons and more time on Language Gym. So this is a very, very good deal and we are very excited to start this. The challenge itself will begin on the 14th of April. You can start registering already now. We have 50 places, they are fast,

so make sure to register now if you are interested in this. And this is perfect for you who want to have fast results, you are open to a very intensive challenge, and you need to have A2 level or higher. But if you understand this

pod quite well, it will work well for you. And of course for you who want to train a lot on speaking. And these tips will be perfect for you who is part of this challenge so join our six week challenge before the places are closed

so that was all for me today I hope you have found these tips useful. See you again soon. Bye!