This course is easy to combine with work, study or family. You have classes once a week on Saturday mornings and also study a lot online. During the group lessons, we pay a lot of attention to speaking and listening. Together with the other students, you practice small talk. You can also ask the teacher questions, for example about pronunciation and grammar. The pace is the same as for the evening courses, but you have fewer hours of lessons.
During the course, you not only become familiar with the Dutch language, but also its culture, society and politics. You will also become acquainted with Dutch traditions such as Koningsdag and Sinterklaas!
Reviews from participants
- “My goal was to be able to speak Dutch comfortably and I notice that I already feel a lot more confident in speaking. I am therefore looking forward to the follow-up modules!”
- “I didn't know it was possible to learn so much in such a short time! Everything we have learned is very useful for everyday life.”
- “The materials and exercises that the teachers made were very good. Although I am usually not a fan of language courses after an 8-hour workday, I usually had a lot of fun and learned a lot.”
- "I am very satisfied with VU Amsterdam's courses. My third course is finished here and I recommend it to everyone. Especially because the courses have a very well prepared curriculum and the teachers are skilled and kind."
- "The teachers prepared the lesson well and made great, playful variation of learning methods."
- "This course really helps with integration in the Dutch environment."
- "I thought that the themes had a great relevance to our real lives, this made it more interesting. The teachers were really incredible, it was always clear what we had to do."
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Would you like to learn Dutch quickly and at a high level alongside your work or studies?
Check out the Language course Dutch towards A2 (SPRINT). The course is identical to Dutch for work and study, but the pace is twice as fast: you do module 1 (ERK level 0-A1) and module 2 (A1-A2) in 8 weeks instead of 16 weeks.
Are you a VU student?
Especially for VU students there is Basic Dutch on Campus. With the evening course 'Basic Dutch on Campus' you will learn in 8 weeks how to introduce yourself, do some shopping, order a meal and have a chat with students and teachers.