From English to Swedish 1: A basic Swedish textbook for English speaking students (black and white edition)

Sent back this book, I thought it was going to be a easy-to-read and easy to understand book, but it is not. My husband is trying to learn swedish (Im borned and raised) so he have a good idea of the language already, but this is just pointless. Long pieces of pretty meaningless text and a few really weird chapters describing what is supposed tot be "normal life activities" but it is just stupid. He couldnt relate at all! I usually never write a bad review but this book is NOT for beginners (not easy) and somewhat confusing with the different chapters showing different grammars. Not recommended unless you are already fluent in swedish

This book is a valuable tool for learning Swedish. The vocabulary increases incrementally with ongoing text that tells the story of an exchange student coming to Sweden and encountering cultural differences. Cleverly written and illustrated. The best part are the YouTube videos for pronunciation help. This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.

I am super picky when it comes to learning material. If it isn’t in the right format or in a way that catches my attention, it’s like my brain just turns off to learning from it. My fiancé is a Swede so I’m learning for him. Definitely a great book for beginners, but only if you’re comfortable with pronunciation. If not you can always type the vocabulary into google translate to ensure you’re pronouncing everything correctly. It covers grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and more.

This book covers everything from vocabulary, pronunciations, charts of word groups (colors, etc.), conjucations… it even has puzzles and stories (based on the author's real experience as an exchange student!) AND songs! The back features an easy to read glossary with a layout of the definition, word type, and page reference. There are 681 words, and it almost makes me regret buying a Swedish-English dictionary. The book is actually fairly small and compact. I really have no complaints. I took a risk buying it, but I'm definitely going to buy the second one when I'm done with this one. Thank you so much for this great product!
TL;DR: this book is like a compact primary with historical and informative references, and features a glossary of over 600 words!

I purchased this book after looking at the table of contents and liked the set up of small chapters with exercises and even a pronunciation guide. I have gotten to chapter 2 in this book and one page of out each chapter has simply detached while I turn the page reading. Very low quality printing . I enjoy real books and prefer them to an ebook any day so this was disappointing. That is not a book mark in the picture, that is the page no longer part of the book that simply detached.

Den här boken är mycket hjälpsam! Make sure you take advantage of the videos on YouTube as well. I finished the Duolingo tree and decided to keep learning. The video on pronunciation is very helpful!

This is a great book. It takes you gradually through an easy introduction to Swedish. It uses good dialogues and a good use of basic vocabulary (unlike some other Swedish instruction books that introduce you to things like "cheese platter" and "wig" before introducing "Jag forstar inte" and "Det ar bra").

The best part of this book is that it lives up to its promise: It teaches you Swedish using the similarities between Swedish and English first to make you feel comfortable in the language.

The only things I didn't like were the little cartoon notes explaining the things that are harder in Swedish than they are in English. I didn't find these very encouraging. It would be better to just focus on how easy Swedish is for an English speaker than to regularly remind the learner about these challenges early on in their learning journey.

I’ve just bought this book for my Kindle after reading good reviews and liking the format. But the main reason for buying was this: “The Kindle edition includes sound tracks for all vocabulary lists and texts.”
But now that I’ve bought the book I cannot see how to activate the sound track. Nor can I find the usual place to ask questions about products on the Amazon introductory page to this book.
Can anyone here help me please?

Great for beginners with videos of each lesson on you tube which helps with pronunciation.
Excellent beginners resource.

One of the best resources out there for those of us trying to learn Swedish. Very organized and clear, and a lot of fun to work through!