This course is intended for native speakers of German who are able to understand Dutch and can get by in everyday situations (CEFR A2 writing, reading, listening, conversation). Read more about the target group for this course here.

This course will be taught as an online intensive two-week group course. Per week, on two days you have three hours of lessons and on two days you have one and a half hours of lessons. In addition, you can count on a total of 30 hours of self study. Read here everything you can expect from an online language course.

Advice
If you want to register for a course at this level and you have not followed a course with the Language Centre before, you must visit the Dutch office hour. You can only register for this course if you have been given the matching advice.

Registration procedure UG students, PhDs' and postdocs
The University of Groningen partly or wholly pays for these courses for international students, PhDs' and postdocs.

Course material
In this course, the first half of the book Nederlands in actie is covered. The course material is compulsory and must be purchased by the student.

• Nederlands in actie
  B. de Boer, M. van der Kamp and S. Pentermann (Publisher Coutinho, 2022, 4th edition)
  ISBN: 9789046908426

Along with this book you will receive an individual code for a website offering complementary exercises, spoken text fragments, movies and songs. You will need access to the website to be able to adequately participate in the course.

Where can I buy the book?

• At the Support Office of the Language Centre during opening hours, see here if and when the desk is open.
• At your local bookstore, or online bookstores such as Coutinho and Bol.com. When buying a regular book online, please note the delivery time to ensure that you receive the book on time.