This is one question which was not on my mind when I was applying to grad schools in Sweden. I gave up an opportunity to go to germany so I could persue higher education in Sweden, on the sole reason that I wont need to learn a foreign language. This is to some extent true, I don’t need to learn much swedish language for my daily use, and especially for my classes. But it seems that I will never feel at home here in Sweden unless i learn swedish or atleast some basics.
So here is my list of pros and cons of learning swedish, learning swedish will
- be a good thing on my resume
- make my daily life (shopping, going around, socializing with people) a lot more easier
- make me appreciate local culture and customs a bit more
But at the same time it will
- take alot of time from the actual things which i need for my resume (like uber programming)
- not be a very practical foreigen language to learn (better would be German, Chinese or Spanish) for long term career prospectives
- not be an easy goal to get a grasp on this language in mere months and I may abandon this project as it will not be bearing any results easily
I have not entirely made up my mind regarding this, but I would definetly be looking into some computer based aides and daily use vocabulary etc and then perhaps move on to grammer and towards a more structured learning methodology. I may end up going to the swedish speaking cafe and practice language there in coming months or so.
