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Intensive summer course Intermediate Dutch 1

Would you like to broaden your grammatical knowledge and Dutch vocabulary? With this intensive summer course you will be fully immersed in the Dutch language for two weeks. After this course you will be able to speak Dutch in everyday situations and you will be able to do things such as giving your opinion or asking for advice.

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

Course schedule
Day	Time	Location
Monday 18 August	12:00-14:30	WUR campus
Tuesday 19 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus
Wednesday 20 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus
Thursday 21 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus
Friday 22 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus
Monday 25 August	12:00-14:30	WUR campus
Tuesday 26 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus
Wednesday 27 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus
Thursday 28 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus
Friday 29 August	12:00-14:00	WUR campus

Register now

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

WUR employees and partners	Free of charge - The costs can be borne by the department/Sciences Group where you work. Read more about this.
WUR employees and PhD candidates	€520
Regular fee	€547

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