Is this your first course at Kickstart School? Test your level
This course is the equivalent of Stepping Stone I & Stepping Stone II. To register you must have already completed Starterpack Dutch or be at the A1 level
Do you want to take the next step on your Dutch language journey?
Then Kickstart School’s Elementary Dutch course will get you results. This Dutch course reinforces and expands upon basic grammar, develops vocabulary, and focuses on improving fluency in speaking to bring you to a pre-intermediate level (A2). The course introduces new vocabulary and grammatical structures in a communicative way. The lessons support active speaking.
Overview - Elementary Dutch Course
Group size
4-8/10
KickstartNet
Yes
Language during lesson
50% Dutch and 50% English
Duration per lesson
2-3 hours
Course Length
48 hours
Homework
2-3 hours per lesson
Course Content and Learning Goals - Elementary Dutch Course
Topics covered in your course include:
- Visiting friends and attending a birthday
- Using public transport
- Going to the cinema, doctor, and police station
- Phoning a helpdesk
- Work and free time
- Travelling
- Feelings
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Do everything described at the A1 level but at a faster pace
- Speak about your routine, habits and hobbies
- Ask/give directions
- Describe complaints to a doctor
- Speaking about past and future events
- Tell a story and also describe the situation / context
- Use the modal verbs (+ infinitive) in the simple past
- Read and talk about a simplified book (graded reader)
- Write a simple e-mail of complaint
- Talk about your work and free time with relative ease
- Describe past experiences and events in a comfortable way
- Give a detailed description of a person, place or thing without hesitation
- Listen to Jeugdjournaal (news) with prompts and teacher interventions
- Give short presentations to the group
- Write about simple matters (to teachers, friends, service companies etc.)
Practical Information - Elementary Dutch Course
Price
- €720 (excluding the course book/including all course materials).
*This course is eligible for the STAP subsidy. Learn more
Please be aware that you need to complete 80% of the courses you sign up for, otherwise the STAP budget will not cover your course and you need to pay the course fee yourself.
Course materials
- Nederlands in Gang (chapters 9-18); ISBN 9789046905609 €48.50.
- Nederlands in Actie (chapters 1-3); ISBN 9046902981, €48,50. Kickstart School folder of materials
- Kickstart School folder of materials
Have you already completed Dutch for beginners? Register now!
Next steps
These courses might be next:
REMOTE
Semi-Intensive pre Intermediate Dutch
(12 weeks - 4 hours/week - 7 Nov 2022 - xx xxx 2023)
€720