Language ability is very important in the life of Swedish immigrants.

Learning Swedish well and integrating into the life of Swedish immigrants often encounter such problems for Swedish immigrants? If you don't know Swedish, it is difficult to integrate into Swedish life. For me, this question is not easy to answer, because apart from the objective language barrier, everyone has different learning speed and acceptance of Swedish. In view of this problem, perhaps Swedish language training institutions have more say. I can only say that only by learning Swedish well can we better integrate into Swedish immigrant life. Compared with English, French, Portuguese and Chinese, Swedish speakers are not widely distributed. In addition to Swedish natives who use Swedish as the official language of the country, some residents in Finland, with a population of about10 million, also speak Swedish. It can be said that Swedish is a veritable small language.

For Swedish immigrants who can speak English, perhaps not speaking Swedish has little influence on their daily life, because Swedes generally speak English and can communicate fluently, so immigrants and Swedish natives can also use English as a third language for normal daily communication. However, most Swedish immigrants' integration into Swedish life begins with Swedish language training classes, which is the first step and a very difficult step for them to integrate into Swedish life.

At present, most Swedish training courses in Sweden are provided free of charge to overseas immigrants, and there are three popular ones: one is the online Swedish course provided by the Swedish Foreign Exchange Committee. Swedish immigrants can start the course before arriving in Sweden; One is Folkuniversitetet, a Swedish non-profit adult education association, which provides Swedish courses to Swedish immigrants at different levels and also manages Swedish exams. Swedex test is a language test for non-native speakers, which ranks their Swedish ability. One is SFI course, which can be said to be the most popular Swedish language training course among Swedish immigrants at present. All courses are free. All Swedish immigrants who lack basic Swedish skills above 16 can apply for this course. However, applicants need to register with the Swedish tax bureau before they can qualify for classes.

Although Sweden offers various free courses for overseas immigrants to choose from, a recent survey by Swedish educational institutions shows that the effect of Swedish immigrants learning Swedish is worrying. According to the survey, 36% of Swedish immigrants said that they would not communicate in Swedish outside the classroom, and they would not even talk with Swedish locals, let alone establish relationships. But at the same time, 93% of Swedish immigrants also said that they want to know more Swedish natives. Swedish sociologists point out that the first step for Swedish immigrants to integrate into Swedish society is to communicate with local people in Swedish. Only in this way can their career develop and they can lead a normal life in Sweden.

At present, in order to encourage overseas immigrants to enter the society, Swedish scholars have put forward two suggestions: first, Swedish immigrants should communicate in Swedish as much as possible outside the classroom and try to get rid of the established immigrant groups so as to get in touch with Swedish natives more easily; First, Swedish natives should be more enthusiastic about overseas immigrants and help Swedish immigrants to enter the society by initiating chats and inviting them to their homes. However, experts added humorously that it is really difficult for shy and conservative Swedes to take the initiative to chat with immigrants.

To sum up, it is very necessary for Swedish immigrant friends to learn Swedish well if they want to truly integrate into Swedish society. In addition to passive acceptance in class, we should also take the initiative to use it in daily life.