- Just a basic knowledge of Swedish will help your international co-workers to understand the way their Swedish colleagues use English, which will improve communication between co-workers.
- Learning the local language and culture will make your international team-members feel much more at home in their new country. There will be less frustration, and they are much more likely to commit on a long-term basis.
- Learning a new language in a group is an excellent team-work exercise. Your co-workers will get to know each other and work together in a setting very different from their everyday work.
- They will be more independent when it comes to administrative routines within the company, as well as for internal and external communication.
- Internal relations will be less segregated, as Swedish team members still often speak Swedish in informal settings. Knowing a little bit of the local language will help to create an inclusive work environment.
- Being offered language training will make your international team members will feel valued as co-workers, which in turn increases company morale.
- By offering language training as part of working for your company, you will also have a competitive advantage when attracting new international talent to your team.