In Berlin to Learn Dutch
The smaller the group, the greater the personal learning success. Therefore, your Dutch course will have a maximum of six participants. If even this is too big for you, you can learn Dutch in a mini-group or have individual (one-to-one) tuition.
The quality of any Dutch course depends completely on the competence of the teacher. It's for this reason that all of our teachers are native Dutch speakers. They have all amassed considerable teaching experience in the field of adult education.
We base our Dutch tuition on the four core competencies: speaking and listening comprehension, reading and writing. Conversation during the course, role-plays and group discussions all play their parts in improving language structures, broadening vocabulary and enhancing accuracy of expression.
You can find up-to-date details of our Dutch language course schedule at the bottom of this page. Whether you're looking for STANDARD or STANDARD LIGHT courses, you will find many offers for evening courses in small groups. You decide on the course dates and the level - just send us your booking and you're on your way!
Dutch Courses all year round at IH Berlin PROLOG
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Our evening courses can be booked in blocks of 12, 24 or 48 weeks. You are sure to make quick progress as our Dutch courses are quite small with a maximum of only 3 to 6 students.
At the end of your Dutch course you will receive a certificate from IH Berlin PROLOG. This is widely recognised as proof of your Dutch language skills.
For whatever reasons you have decided to discover the Dutch language and culture: we will put together a detailed course profile which meets your expectations and suits your level and interests.
We also offer bespoke Business Dutch courses for our corporate clients. We will tailor the course to suit your field of business or special interest topics you specify. Then, just tell us where and when your Dutch classes should start.
The Dutch Language - A brief History
Dutch (or Nederlands) is a West Germanic language. Linguists have classified it as a western relative of Low German, alongside the Low Saxon and East Low German branches of the German language.
It's an accepted wisdom that if you understand Low German dialects, you've got a good chance of understanding Dutch. It is for this reason that many people view Dutch as the easiest foreign language for German speakers to learn. Unfortunately for Dutch native speakers, the same is probably not true in reverse, as German has a much more complex grammar.
Dutch is spoken by around 23 million people, predominately in Holland, in the Flanders region of Belgium, in Brussels and in the border areas with France and Germany. The dialect group from which Dutch is largely derived, Low Franconian, belongs to the whole of the continental West Germanic dialect set. Indeed the Low Franconian dialects and languages are morphologically closer to the original form of Western Germanic than the High German from which Standard German is derived.
Dutch is largely based upon the Low German written language of the seventeenth century, which had in its turn been influenced by the urban dialects of the Brabant and Holland provinces. A predecessor was the supra-regional language of the Hanseatic League, which was used around Antwerp, Bruges and later in Holland as the language of trade, commerce and education. Dutch has loan words from French, German, Greek, Latin, German, and more recently from English.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
Current Dutch Courses
