Distance Learning Elementary Dutch Course - 25 Lessons

Price: £245.00

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This course will teach you how to:

  • Speak Dutch using a simple language for everyday necessities.
  • Understand straightforward and well-articulated Dutch.
  • Write phrases in everyday Dutch.
  • Read and understand information written in straightforward Dutch.

This course includes:

  • A range or topic areas including: daily routines and chores, your home and neighbourhood, pets, your home town and environment, local facilities and services, clubs and societies, hobbies and sports, going out and weekends, online activities, school, work and work experience, future plans, holiday plans and tourism, transport, the Netherlands, holidays in the Netherlands, and Dutch speaking countries.
  • Dutch grammar: adverbs, present tense, simple past tense, present perfect tense, irregular verbs, future tense, word order, adjectives, expressions, modal verbs, prepositions, separable and inseparable verbs, the conditional tense, asking questions, negations, and reflexive verbs.

The course consists of:

  • Twenty-five lessons covering a range of everyday topics including daily routines, travel, work, holidays, etc.
  • Some basic Dutch grammar and some advanced grammar.
  • Vocabulary list.
  • Exercises in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  • Audio CD with listening and speaking exercises.
  • Templates for all the homework exercises available online. Just fill them in and send them off!
  • Homework correction by email.
  • Email support from a qualified Dutch teacher for 12 months. With the option to purchase extended support if needed.
  • A half hour telephone session with the teacher at the end of each part of the course.
  • Course progress status available online.

Course structure:

You may complete this distance learning home study course at your own pace. Each lesson takes between one and two hours of study to complete and you may send in your homework assignments when you are ready. We deliver the course in three parts and you may start at any time of the year. We will deliver part 2 and part 3 on completion of the preceding part.

This course is suitable for adults and children from the age of about 15.

What you will need before starting this course:

  • A good beginners level in Dutch equivalent to about 25 to 30 hours of Dutch lessons (we will ask you to complete an online Dutch test and write a short passage in Dutch before starting this course to ensure that your level is appropriate).
  • Access to a computer (so you can complete your homework assignments).
  • Access to the Internet (so you can access your homework templates and view your course status).
  • An email account (so you can return your homework assignments and communicate with your teacher).
  • Microsoft Word, Open Office Writer, or other word processing software that can display the "track changes" information created by Microsoft Word (for viewing your corrected homework assignments).
  • A CD player for the listening exercises.

On completion of this course you will:

  • Understand the basics of the Dutch grammar and some more advanced areas of Dutch grammar.
  • Possess a vocabulary covering a wide range of topics in Dutch.
  • Be able to communicate with Dutch people both verbally and in writing.

Price: £245.00

+ postage (UK £25.00, Europe £32.00, World £42.00)

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