COURSE INFORMATION
Who this course is for
This course is for everyone who has finished our Dutch Intermediate course or who has obtained a comparable level of Dutch (B1).
Course Purpose & Summary
Upon completing this course you will have reached the B2 level. After this you could continue with the Staatsexamen NT2 programma 2 course. You will be able to understand a conversation about unusual topics without any effort. You understand the main issue in complicated texts about both specific and abstract subjects as well as in technical conversations in your professional discipline.
- Listening: You are able to understand lectures and longer speeches as well as more complex arguments when subjects are familiar to you; subjects from everyday life, your education or profession. You can understand most news and current topics on tv.
- Reading: You are able to understand a wide variety of texts concerning your profession or interests. You can read articles and reports concerning contemporary problems where authors state their specific points of view.
- Speaking: You will learn to give understandable, detailed descriptions of all kinds of topics that interest you. You will know how to explain your opinion on a current topic and discuss pros and cons. You can join a spontaneous conversation with Dutch native speakers and participate in a discussion to state your points of view using different arguments.
- Writing: You will learn to write detailed texts about various subjects that you are personally interested in. You can write a report, pass on information and give reasons and arguments for a specific point of view.
- Grammar: You will learn to make more difficult sentences like using the relative pronouns (for example: "de auto die daar staat is van mijn collega met wie ik vaak tennis"). Additionally, other grammar subjects will be taught, such as the passive and double infinitive in the perfect.
Important information
- Structure: 12 lessons of 2 hours
- Price: € 560,00
- Certification: You will receive a certificate of completion by the end of this course
- Starting Level: B1
- Target Level: B2
- Home Work: 3 hours per week