Our Courses
Learn Dutch through courses offered at ID Language School
If you are serious about learning Dutch, you have come to the right place!
Join our carefully curated courses which have been perfected over a period of 20 years. Learn Dutch in order to speak and understand the native language of the Netherlands with these interactive language courses. We take a group at an optimal size of 3-6 learners that is large enough for interactive sessions and collaborative learning, while at the same time small enough for a teacher to focus individually on each learner. We keep track of your learning and guide you through your (Inburgering/NT2) exams with mock exams and useful tips. We stimulate your learning by music, games, and a mini library with magazines and books for all levels/ ages.
We deliver courses of varying difficulty depending on your prior experience.
Dutch for Beginners
Are you planning to visit, work or study in the Netherlands? Basic knowledge of Dutch might surely help during your stay. This Dutch for Beginners course is for everyone who does not speak Dutch yet but wishes to learn to communicate in the beautiful Dutch language. We use De Opmaat method by Boom publishers for this course.After successfully finishing this course you will be able to:
- Introduce yourself and get to know your fellow learners
- Talk about your family, friends, work, national and religious holidays
- Appropriately react to various events, such as birth of a child, or how to wish someone well in case of illness
- Ask some queries from a passer-by or a shopkeeper
- Write simple emails to invite friends or write a simple letter of complaint to a company
- Hold a short presentation on a general subject
Dutch Intermediate
Our Dutch Intermediate course is for everyone who has attained A2 level EFCR, and wishes to explore further intricacies of the language. We use De Sprong method from Boom publishers for our Intermediate classes. After successfully finishing this course, you will be able to:
- Use a wider range of vocabulary actively
- Use all Dutch grammar, such as: passive and active ways of speaking and writing, the past simple or imperfectum, the present perfect or perfectum, the past perfect or plusquamperfectum and all types of subclauses and their conjunctions
- Read moderately advanced Dutch literature
- Understand long and moderately complicated written texts
- Speak and write in relatively complex sentences.
Dutch for Advanced Learners
During this course, you will learn how to use complex phrases, advanced vocabulary, and writing of extensive reports and articles in the Dutch language. We use Nederlands naar perfectie by Coutinho publishers for this course.
By the end of the course, you will be able to understand advanced literature and extensive training guides for daily and professional life. You will be taught to use complex sentences to describe your thoughts orally and in writing.
The main focus will be on active, advanced language skills such as speaking and writing.
Practice Dutch with Conversation Classes
Did you ever get lost in the streets of Netherlands just because you didn’t speak Dutch and couldn’t ask for directions? We promise that you won’t ever get lost again after taking this Dutch conversation language course. We’ll teach you how to carry on a sustained conversation with anyone in Dutch.
Our conversation classes take place in groups of 3-8 people where different topics are discussed, various games are played and sometimes music or short introductions to films or tv-shows are showed.
F.A.Q.
Got a doubt? Check out these frequently asked questions
We understand that each student might have a different learning pace. Still we always aim for 2.25 chapters per Beginners course and 2 chapters per Intermediate- and Advanced course, from the respective book/method.
This all depends on your starting level. If you have no knowledge of Dutch yet, you would need about 56 hours/ 4 regular evening courses to be all set for sitting for the exams. This means 4 evening courses of 7 weeks.
If you have passed the preliminary exam at the Dutch embassy elsewhere, before coming to the Netherlands, 2 evening courses of 7 weeks would be enough to reach A2 level, i.e. our Dutch Pre-Intermediate and Dutch Pre-Intermediate II course.
These are paces for general students. In some cases, a student picks up a language easily and needs less classes; in some a student might need more focus on certain aspects. In this case we can always advise and guide.
There are two levels of NT2 exams: B1/ NT2-I and B2/NT2-II.
Here, your starting level is essential to define your course. In general, you can be all ready for sitting an exam after either completing four Dutch Intermediate evening courses of seven weeks, or four Dutch Advanced evening courses of seven weeks.
We always offer an intake, free of cost, before suggesting any course. During an intake, one of our teachers will talk to you and assess your level through some tests, before offering their recommendation on courses. These recommendations are strictly optional.
Yes we do offer private classes. For more information, go to the course schedule page.
We always have a group of 3-6 students for regular courses. For conversation classes, we have a group of maximum 8 students