my view on the sfi test
i'm writing this because i received some questions from an anonymous person, and i would like to let her or him know what's up with this sfi test.
so ok anonymous, here i go!
why do i have to take the sfi test?
to be honest, i didn't know for a looooong long time, and i still don't know what will happen when i fail again. my school just can't give me an answer on this, so whatever, i'll just do the test for the second time.
i think i have to do the test because i have to prove i understand swedish to be allowed to enter a school in sweden. for immigrants it's important to pass this test so they can go to komvux for an education, or get a job. i seriously hate this test, cause i'm not planning on staying in sweden, i'm here because the school kicks ass. it's a 2 year education, the 1st year i'm in sweden and next year i'll be doing an internship somewhere else on this planet. but i'm not a fortune teller, maybe i'll come back to sweden and stick around after finishing hyper island?
so what does this test look like?
the test consists of 2 parts. the first part is reading, listening, some more reading and then writing a letter. the 2nd part of the test is to speak about a certain subject for 2 to 4 minutes, it's being recorded and the lady just nods her head. then the other part on the speaking test is to have a discussion with another person, who is also taking the test.
why is it so hard?
well, i dunno really, i passed the reading and writing stuff after making the test after 1 month of living in sweden. the other people taking this test go to a special sfi course, as i understood. they go to school 4 hours a day, every day of the week. some have been going to the course for 3 months, some even 6 months or longer. but i guess dutch has some similarities to swedish which makes it easier to learn swedish the way i'm learning it. i listen to people, read magazines and watch a whole lot of tv. but it's so much easier to read than to speak...
i failed speaking on the first test, but hey, that's not a shame i think. but because i failed i had to do it all over again, this week. but i'll probably fail on the speaking test again because i just can't speak swedish.
and why does this all piss me off so much?
because i feel i've proven to understand the level of swedish on this test. i don't feel the need to be able to speak that much swedish, i can do chit chat and order stuff in a restaurant (except for this one time where i forgot to say 'vegetarisk' oooooops), but people here understand and speak enough english to make things clear. after being here only 4 months i think i'm doing quite ok. by the end of the year i might be able to speak a whole lot more and maybe even sing a drunken people's song.
they will call me this friday with the result.
aaaaaaaaaaaargh.
so ok anonymous, here i go!
why do i have to take the sfi test?
to be honest, i didn't know for a looooong long time, and i still don't know what will happen when i fail again. my school just can't give me an answer on this, so whatever, i'll just do the test for the second time.
i think i have to do the test because i have to prove i understand swedish to be allowed to enter a school in sweden. for immigrants it's important to pass this test so they can go to komvux for an education, or get a job. i seriously hate this test, cause i'm not planning on staying in sweden, i'm here because the school kicks ass. it's a 2 year education, the 1st year i'm in sweden and next year i'll be doing an internship somewhere else on this planet. but i'm not a fortune teller, maybe i'll come back to sweden and stick around after finishing hyper island?
so what does this test look like?
the test consists of 2 parts. the first part is reading, listening, some more reading and then writing a letter. the 2nd part of the test is to speak about a certain subject for 2 to 4 minutes, it's being recorded and the lady just nods her head. then the other part on the speaking test is to have a discussion with another person, who is also taking the test.
why is it so hard?
well, i dunno really, i passed the reading and writing stuff after making the test after 1 month of living in sweden. the other people taking this test go to a special sfi course, as i understood. they go to school 4 hours a day, every day of the week. some have been going to the course for 3 months, some even 6 months or longer. but i guess dutch has some similarities to swedish which makes it easier to learn swedish the way i'm learning it. i listen to people, read magazines and watch a whole lot of tv. but it's so much easier to read than to speak...
i failed speaking on the first test, but hey, that's not a shame i think. but because i failed i had to do it all over again, this week. but i'll probably fail on the speaking test again because i just can't speak swedish.
and why does this all piss me off so much?
because i feel i've proven to understand the level of swedish on this test. i don't feel the need to be able to speak that much swedish, i can do chit chat and order stuff in a restaurant (except for this one time where i forgot to say 'vegetarisk' oooooops), but people here understand and speak enough english to make things clear. after being here only 4 months i think i'm doing quite ok. by the end of the year i might be able to speak a whole lot more and maybe even sing a drunken people's song.
they will call me this friday with the result.
aaaaaaaaaaaargh.
1 Comments:
im glad you have the courage to answer my questions, even thou you dont know who am i, that doesnt really matters, one thing i would like to know, and many people over here asked me to ask someone who is new here and goes to sfi: what is that they made you write this time???and talk??? do you have to use lots of gramma in this language or really create a whole fantasy in it.
I should say swedish is easy to many people and i really hope this friday they could give you a positiv answer, and well, sfi test is could be the begining of many others as they say.
Lycka till, oh and please answer, im a high school teacher and my pupils were the ones who asked these questions, so i would like them to know what was exactly in your test, they woud analize the idea.thanks...
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