SHIELD LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Contact: 01755092760 We follow International Dutch A1 Syllabus. It is designed for Absolute beginners. Course Duration: 3 Months Total Hours: 42 Hours. Classes Per week: 2 Classes. ---------Basic Course Outline------- Topics & Vocabulary: • Introductions- incl. greetings, nationalities, names of different European countries, reasons for studying Dutch • Dutch alphabet • Asking ‘how are you’? (Formal and informal addressing) • Introducing somebody else • Counting • Getting familiar with telephone conversations • Personal details (address, postcode, telephone number, date of birth) • Describing people (character, appearance) • Giving an opinion (likes & dislikes) • Talking about family and friends • Time (clock), days Grammar: • Personal pronouns • Possessive pronouns • Demonstrative pronouns • Present tense (regular and irregular verbs) • Negations • Some prepositions • Some interrogative pronouns • Word order in main and question sentences • Definite and indefinite articles • Using the adjectives • Adverbs • Plural nouns • Use of ‘er’ Grammar II: • Review & practice Beginners 1 grammar • Separable verbs • Reflexive verbs • Modal verbs • Reflexive pronouns • Adverbs (frequency) • Use of ‘er’ • Perfect tense, participial • professions gender (male/female form) • Irregular verbs Cultural Content: • Geography • Formal and informal language |