Niveli B1 / Dutch
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At the end of this level you will be able to:
The B1 level course is an intensive learning program for intermediate students. The goal of this course is to develop reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills at an intermediate level so that the student can communicate in the foreign language and understand the cultural context. The B1 level is taught using a task-based methodology. This methodology involves the exclusive use of the foreign language in class and emphasizes communicative skills, creating a highly interactive classroom environment where the foreign language is contextualized, and the focus is placed both on its meaning and linguistic structures.
This course:
Takes place in the classroom or online
In groups and individually
Morning and afternoon
Certificate at the end of the course
Course Goals and Objectives
By the end of your engagement at the appropriate level, you will be able to:
- Speak very well to describe, narrate, ask, and answer questions in the past and future tense about everyday topics, including personal interests or activities, likes and dislikes, the environment, university studies, and travel.
- Understand spoken language with sufficient skills to grasp main ideas and some supporting details in short interactions—whether direct or recorded—related to topics such as weather, travel, interests and hobbies, relationships, and past experiences.
- Read and understand the main idea and supporting details in both edited and unedited materials (including long stories, intermediate-level poetry, announcements, tourist brochures, and travel information) in relation to the given context.
- Write sentences, paragraphs, and essays on familiar topics, take notes, and compose letters and messages related to personal interests and practical needs.
- Identify similarities and differences between the cultures presented in the course, as well as key distinctions between the foreign culture and your own. Develop an awareness of the risks of stereotyping and the complexities of cultural issues.
- Expand your use of the foreign language beyond the classroom by reading books and more, watching films and TV programs, listening to online radio or music, and exchanging messages or emails with a close friend or colleague, etc.
Program
Syllabus and introduction to the methodology and the program B1
Contact 2.
Chapter 1A
Asking questions is free.
Talking about rumors and gossip and responding/ relative clause with preposition: preposition + who/ where + preposition
Chapter 1B
That goes down well! (or That is easily accepted!)
Talking about things you are not sure about / overview of pronominal adverbs (personal, interrogative, relative) + preposition
Chapter 1C
Up to here and no further.
Understanding official language and setting boundaries / "zou, zouden" for rumors / perfect tense with double infinitive / verbs + te + infinitive
Overview and review of Chapter 1 / the relative clause and pronominal adverbs
Chapter 2A
The numbers speak for themselves.
Understanding statistical data and describing figures / subject-verb agreement and past perfect tense.
Chapter 2B
Weighing the pros and cons.
Expressing uncertainties and doubts and explaining dilemmas / three functions of 'of': choice, indirect speech, as if / adjective, comparative, and superlative
Chapter 2C
And that’s why…
Making and explaining choices / identifying causes and effects / adverbs: therefore, as a result, for that reason / conjunctions: provided that, if, after, unless, and although
Overview and review of Chapter 2 / direct and indirect speech / some verbs with a fixed preposition
Chapter 2C
Midterm exam
Chapter 3A
Not a cent too much, okay!
Talking about different cultures and national character / talking about judgments / indefinite pronouns: men, they, you, people / independent use of "dat" and "die".
Chapter 3B
We'll figure it out.
Negotiating products and services / including prices / verbs + "er" + fixed preposition (literal/figurative meaning)
Chapter 3C
The Netherlands, a meeting country. (or The Netherlands, the land of meetings.)
Convincing and substantiating / forming your opinion / accepting something / "lijken" and "blijken" + te + infinitive / if-then sentences
Overview and review of Chapter 3 / figurative meaning + verbs + "er" + fixed preposition
Chapter 4A
The common thread.
Distinguishing main points from details / Recognizing structure and connections / Main clause + "om" + te + infinitive (+ word order)
Chapter 4B
To make a long story short.
Giving a summary / Asking control questions and stating objectives / Adverb, prefix, or preposition: op, af, klaar, uit
Chapter 4C
And now it’s over.
Telling that something is finished or over / Conducting an evaluation conversation / Concluding a conversation / Some verbs with a fixed preposition
Overview and review of Chapter 4 / sentence stress / signal words / some abbreviations presentatie
Midterm exam
Final exam

This course includes:
- 20 Leksione
- It takes place in the classroom or online
- Morning and afternoon
- Certificate at the end of the course
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