Is this your first course at Kickstart School? Test your level
Do you really want to make improvements to your Dutch conversation and understanding?
Kickstart School’s Stepping Stone IV course will rapidly improve your Dutch skills.
This intermediate Dutch course:
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provides an opportunity for you to consolidate and enhance your language skills in a fun and meaningful way by exploring topics relating to Dutch culture, lifestyle, and history.
- Grammatical structures are also revised.
- The course focuses on improving spoken fluency by discussing newspaper articles, graded readers, film clips, and songs.
- Relevant writing assignments are also included in the program.
We have different options for the Stepping Stone IV:
- Our Stepping Stone IV courses are offered as once-a-week courses. if you are looking for a more intensive course, you can do Stepping Stone V and IV at the same time but on different days.
- We offer courses both face-to-face or remotely via Zoom.
- For people who cannot come on a weekday due to work, we have weekend courses.
Please be aware that in the face-to-face courses there is no option of joining remotely. If you have to miss the class due to sickness or other reasons, you can catch up in self-study or we can offer you a
catch-up lesson
at a reduced price.
Overview - Stepping Stone IV Dutch Course
Group size
4-8/10
KickstartNet
Yes
Language during lesson
Dutch
Duration per lesson
2 or 2.5 hours
Course length
24 hours
homework
2-3 hours per lesson
Course Content and Learning Goals - Stepping Stone IV Dutch Course
Topics covered in your course include:
- Economy and housing market
- Water management
- Dutch art, culture, and society
- The Golden Age
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Talk about feelings, professions and current affairs in a more accurate way
- Understand detailed instructions
- Summarize information in an adequate way and pass on the information with relative ease
- Have conversations with native speakers in such a way that they do not need to slow down
- Write letters of application or formal letters
- Give pro’s and cons in a debate
Practical Information - Stepping Stone IV Dutch Course
Price
€390 (excluding the course book). €420 (excluding the course book) for courses starting after 1st of January 2025..
Students/au pairs receive a €40 discount (student card number/details of host family must be provided).
Combining courses
Please note that it is possible to take both Stepping Stone III and Stepping stone IV or Stepping Stone IV and Stepping Stone V at the same time. Please contact us for more information.
Course materials
Nederlands op Niveau (chapters 1-3); ISBN 9789046904411, €48,50; Kickstart School folder of materials.
If you have to miss the class due to sickness or other reasons, you can catch up in self-study or we can offer you a
catch-up lesson
at a reduced price.
Have you already completed Stepping Stone III? Register now!
Next steps
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