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Sfi as distance learning makes new demands

The spread of the new corona virus makes big demands on society. Schools teaching Sfi have distance courses – a challenge for new arrivals who are trying to learn Swedish as a second language.
Kristianstad • Publicerad 9 juni 2020
Osra Alkhersan and Wesam Alkodmana are Sfi-students at Hyllie Park Folkhögskola in Östermalmskyrkan.
Osra Alkhersan and Wesam Alkodmana are Sfi-students at Hyllie Park Folkhögskola in Östermalmskyrkan.Foto: Sofyan Aswad

Osra Alkhersan and Wesam Alkodmani are studying Sfi at Hyllie Park college at Östermalmskyrkan. There are both advantages and disadvantages with distance studies.

– It's good that we don't have to interrupt our studies, they think.

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– What is going on in the community at the moment is something out of the ordinary, it's something completely new for me, just like distance studies, says Osra Alkhersan.

Distance studies require a lot of independent work, but there are teachers on hand via e-mail.
Distance studies require a lot of independent work, but there are teachers on hand via e-mail.Foto: Sofyan Aswad

– To begin with I thought it would be terribly difficult, but with the help of all the teachers at school it's working well.

– For me it's a good way of being able to work effectively all day. I can focus on my studies and take a break whenever I feel like it.

Wesam Alkodmani finds distance learning hard.

– Studying a new language with its different dialects isn't easy.

Wesam Alkodmani thinks she spends too much time alone on her smartphone.
Wesam Alkodmani thinks she spends too much time alone on her smartphone.Foto: Sofyan Aswad

– We need more help when we practise the language and we need to listen more to the most common Swedish words, and that's hard to do at a distance.

She thinks she spends too many hours alone on her computer or her smartphone.

– We get some kind of tuition, but it isn't the same as talking face to face to a teacher and getting help.

They both agree that their teachers give them a lot of individual help.

– There are group lessons as well, when we can ask questions. And we can get in touch with our teachers by mail too.

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