Intensive summer course Intermediate Dutch 1

Target group

The course is for international employees, PhD candidates or expats who already have some prior knowledge of Dutch and who want to learn Dutch for social purposes on and outside their workplace.

Course level

Entry level: A1 (CEFR)
Level on completion: Halfway to A2 (CEFR)

Course content

The main goal of this course is to learn to communicate in Dutch in simple, everyday situations. Once you have completed the course, you will be able to:

• describe a city, village or landscape;
• talk about the weather and means of trandsport;
• talk about what you do during the holidays;
• make suggestions and tell someone what to do;
• write an informal email;
• ask for and give directions;
• describe and evaluate food and understand a recipe;
• specify quantities;
• talk about your house and furniture;
• compare things and name forms.

The lecturer will speak Dutch as much as possible during the course. Grammar is always discussed in a communicative context and in functional situations. This course will also cover Dutch pronunciation and interesting aspects of Dutch culture.

Admission requirements

For this course you need prior knowledge of Dutch. You can sign up for this course, if you have participated in Basic Dutch 2 or the Intensive summer course Basic Dutch 2.

Have you studied Dutch before? Then make an appointment via into@wur.nl for an intake interview to discuss which course is suitable.

Dates and times

If you would like to take this course but it is either full or does not list a starting date that suits you, please click here and you will be notified once you can sign up for new dates.

Location

You follow the classes at our location: Campus Wageningen University & Research.

Number of meetings

10 meetings (1 class per day for 2 weeks).

Self-study

1,5 hour per day.

Course materials

Start.nl deel 2, ISBN: 9789046903797

After having registered for this course, you will receive additional information about the course materials in due time.

Certification

After the course you will receive a certificate from Wageningen in’to Languages, provided you have attended at least 80% of the classes. Would you like to continue improving your Dutch language skills? It is possible to proceed into Intermediate Dutch 2.

Fee

^{The course price does not include course material.}