Uttalsboken: svenskt uttal i praktik och teori

Uttalsboken - a textbook for learning Swedish pronunciation and accent

Uttalsboken is a textbook for learning Swedish pronunciation, accent and speech melody, suitable for beginner, intermediate and advanced learners.

Uttalsboken is a practical textbook for learners who want to improve their Swedish pronunciation, understand spoken Swedish better and work systematically on stress, rhythm and speech melody. The book can be used by both beginners and more advanced learners, either for independent study or together with a teacher.

The material progresses from the pronunciation of individual sounds to complete words, phrases and utterances. It first covers Swedish vowels and consonants in standard Central Swedish pronunciation, followed by word stress, sentence stress and prosody, which together create the characteristic sound and rhythm of spoken Swedish.

Uttalsboken provides a solid foundation for learning Swedish pronunciation. It can be used by beginners as well as more advanced learners, with a teacher or for independent study. It is also useful for revising pronunciation skills at later stages of learning.

The book concludes with an extensive guide for teachers looking for practical materials and support for teaching Swedish pronunciation.

Audio files accompanying the book are available free of charge among the publisher's online supplementary materials at www.nok.se.

The textbook at a glance:

Levels A1-C1

A textbook for learning correct Swedish pronunciation and stress

Free audio files available on the publisher's website

Why practise Swedish pronunciation with Uttalsboken?

Uttalsboken teaches correct Swedish pronunciation and stress.

A valuable resource for students of Swedish and Scandinavian studies.

The book is written in a clear and accessible way, making it suitable even for learners at beginner level.

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Håkan Rosenqvist is a lecturer in multilingualism and Swedish language studies in Stockholm.

His work includes the design and development of tests assessing spoken-language proficiency, including Tisus - the Test in Swedish for University Studies.

He develops teaching materials that describe and explain Swedish from different linguistic perspectives.

He has taught Swedish phonology as part of Swedish as a second language, grammar and phonology in teacher education, as well as courses in Swedish as a foreign language.

His research focuses on Swedish as a second and foreign language, with a particular interest in Swedish pronunciation, including individual sounds and, above all, prosody.