Josephine Herslow is the head teacher of the SFI education in Malmö and says the effects are clear..

Lyssna: Online learning leads some immigrants to lag behind in Swedish language learnin

For many of students of Swedish for immigrants, or SFI, the distance learning introduced in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic has made it more difficult to learn Swedish and develop their language skills.

Swedish Radio News spoke to those in charge of SFI course in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö, and they all say the pandemic has meant many people are struggling to learn the language, and it takes longer...