This course will take place from 2 September until 7 November 2024.
- Course days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
- Times: 10.45 - 12.45
- Self study: 10 to 12 hours per week
The course takes place at the Radboud University campus in Nijmegen, with a maximum of 18 participants.
If a lesson is cancelled, the catch-up lesson will take place the week after the last lesson.
Exam dates
Exams take place in week 47 and week 48 (resit).
Please note: you may only participate in the assessment, if you have attended at least 80% of the classes.
What will you learn in this course?
You will learn Dutch to intermediate level B1 in Part 2 of this intermediate course. This class focuses on the different skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing.
Reading
You can understand texts that mainly consist of high-frequency, colloquial or work-related language. You can understand descriptions of events, feelings and wishes in personal letters.
Listening
You can understand the main points when listening to familiar topics that you regularly encounter at work, school, leisure, etc. when these are clearly spoken and pronounced in a standard dialect. You can understand the main points of many radio or TV programmes on current affairs or topics of personal or professional interest, when speakers speak relatively slowly and clearly.
Conversations and speaking
You can handle most situations that you come across when travelling in an area where the target language is spoken. You can participate in conversations on familiar topics or topics of personal interest or related to everyday life without preparation (e.g. family, hobbies, work, travel and current events).
You can connect expressions in a simple way to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions. You can briefly give reasons and explanations for your opinions and plans. You can tell a story, or describe the plot of a book or film and describe your reactions.
Writing
You can write simple coherent texts on familiar topics or topics of personal interest. You can write personal letters describing your experiences and impressions.
Course materials
- Contact! Nieuw deel 3.
ISBN text book: 9789463920841
ISBN work book: 9789463920858
The course material can be purchased at Roelants bookstore. Course material is not included in the course fee.
