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
€420 (excluding the course book).
A €40 discount is available for students and au pairs, subject to presentation of a valid student card number or host family information.
Course materials
- Nederlands op Niveau (chapters 1-3); ISBN 9789046904411; €50
- All course materials, except the course book, are included in the course price.
Missed a Lesson?
If you're unable to attend a class due to illness or other circumstances, you can catch up through self-study or book a catch-up lesson at a reduced price.
Self Assessment
This course may be the right level for you if you can do most of the following:
- Speak about familiar and abstract topics, such as feelings, sustainability, financial matters, and art.
- Describe experiences and express simple opinions with reasons and explanations.
- Use most past tenses and understand the use of zou/zouden.
- Regularly apply the correct word order in main clauses and subclauses.
- Give a short presentation with ease to the group.
- Write longer texts.
Combining Courses
Please note that it is possible to take both Stepping Stone IV and Stepping Stone V at the same time. Please contact us for more information.
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