This portfolio describes how the curriculum in Intermediate Swedish II in the Directed Independent Language Studies (DILS) program at CU provides students with the opportunity to learn Swedish ...

On the face of it, it's a gamechanger: an AI Swede permanently in your pocket who never loses patience and switches to ...

Learn through real conversations, not flashcards.

Learning a new language is conditional on a few things, chief among them time and practice. But the hours you commit are worth the investment: Studies show a correlation between bilingualism and ...

Four days a week, six University of Oregon students crowd around a television screen in McKenzie Hall to take Swedish 201 with a University of Minnesota professor. These students are part of a UO ...

Ålidhem Språkcafé participants and volunteers, including Bjerre Ljungberg and Isabell Gustafsson, chat after the end of the regular weekly activities on Monday February 2, 2026. Photo: Mandy Pipher.

Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate ...