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Ry

How mobile is current position? Could you work from home and move to Sweden for full immersion?

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Austin S. Hemmelgarn

Unfortunately not very mobile. I'm working on saving up for a two week long trip to Stockholm some time within the next few years though, and plan to eventually visit a couple other places in Sweden (at least Falun and Göteborg) as well as some other places in Scandinavia (part of my family is from Finland with Swedish heritage).

On the plus side, most of the issue for me with not being able to practice much is that while I do fine remembering the grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, I have trouble putting together sentences on the spot, so I end up speaking rather slowly but can still usually get my point across. My listening comprehension has gotten pretty good though thanks to listening to SR International (they've got a specific program designed for beginners who are just starting to learn Swedish which has been a wonderful help).