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Offered:

as in-person, Zoom, or video recordings

  • •Dutch 101 is offered in Term 3 (Jul-Sep) pending sufficient student enrolment.

  • • This course is offered as an in-person course at the EarthDiverse Centre in Hamilton, New Zealand, live-streamed via Zoom if you live elsewhere, and as video recordings of the live sessions if you cannot attend the regularly scheduled class.

Date & Time:

Begins Tuesday 30 Jul 2024

  • • Our Dutch 101 course is offered on Tuesdays 6:30-8:00pm (NZ time) beginning Tuesday 30 July 2024 and meets for 8 consecutive weekly sessions. The last class of the Term is on Tuesday 17 Sep 2024.

  • • If you live outside of New Zealand and wish to Zoom in to our live class sessions, check the nearest local Time Zone equivalent below:

Time Zone equivalents:

for live-streaming Zoom Sessions from New Zealand. If your Time Zone doesn't suit our live-streamed class, you can also access our courses by watching the live-recorded sessions that are posted to the course webpage each week, usually within 1-2 days.

  • Honolulu, Hawai’i: begins Mon 29 Jul 2024, 8:30-10:00pm

  • US Pacific: begins Mon 29 Jul 2024, 11:30pm-1:00am

  • US Eastern: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 2:30-4:00am

  • London, UK: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 7:30-9:00am

  • Paris, France: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 8:30-10:00am

  • New Delhi, India: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 12:00-1:30pm

  • Bangkok, Thailand: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 1:30-3:00pm

  • Singapore & Shanghai: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 2:30-4:00pm

  • Tokyo, Japan: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 3:30-5:00pm

  • Sydney, Australia: begins Tue 30 Jul 2024, 4:30-6:00pm

Description:

Introductory Dutch 101, Part 1

  • • This is Part 1 of a four-part Introductory course taught over 4 successive school terms specifically designed for beginning Dutch learners. All of our language courses focus on acquiring reading and conversational skills, and learning about local culture. Our courses are designed for busy people: we do not expect you to study outside of class, nor do we assign homework (unless you’d like some!). Come and spend 12 class hours per Term (eight 1.5 hour weekly classes) learning Dutch and about Danish culture, and have some fun too!

  • • Introductory Dutch 101, Part 1 begins with learning some basic conversation, vocabulary and introductory grammar with an emphasis on speaking, proper pronunciation and listening comprehension.

  • • Subsequent Term courses of Introductory Dutch (i.e. our Dutch 102-104 courses) continue with reading and comprehension practice, introductory grammar, vocabulary, and conversation, and will continue in the same time slot for the duration of our full Dutch language programme.

Course curriculum:

Week by week new material will be posted throughout the duration of the course. Video recordings of each weekly session will be posted here after 1-2 days after each class.

    1. EarthDiverse Course Information

    2. EarthDiverse Zoom instructions

    1. Automatiek PDF

    2. Ballonnen over de Waikato PDF

    3. De Domtoren in Utrecht is being restored PDF

    4. De Frietgrens PDF

    5. De Westertoren en tulpen PDF

    6. Den Bosch - ‘s-Hertogenbosch 2 PDF

    7. Den Haag of ‘s-Gravenhage PDF

    8. Dit is een bootje op een Amsterdamse gracht PDF

    9. Dit is een opslagplaats voor kaas

    10. Dit is Nederland PDF

    11. Dit zijn huizen aan een Amsterdamse gracht PDF

    12. Eindhoven PDF

    13. Eise Eisinga PDF

    14. Er is er een jarig/ hoera PDF

    15. Familieleden PDF

    16. Gold is an excellent insurance PDF

    17. Hebben Zijn PDF

    18. House and garden PDF

    19. Huizen aan een Amsterdamse gracht PDF

    20. Kasteel De Haar PDF

    21. klompen PDF

    22. Mijn Volkswagentje PDF

    23. Nieuw-Zeeland in Nederland PDF

    24. Oude Gracht in Utrecht PDF

    25. Pasen PDF

    26. Pasen De Paashaas komt PDF

    27. Patat met mayonaise PDF

    28. Politeness to Dutch People PDF

    29. Rotterdam aan de Lek PDF

    30. Separable verbs PDF

    31. Sinterklaas PDF

    32. The Dutch Way Of Life PDF

    33. Wandelen lopen gaan rijden liggen staan PDF

    34. Den Bosch - ‘s-Hertogenbosch niet een geen PDF

    35. Verkeer - traffic _richtingen - directions_bushalte - bus stop_station PDF

    36. Kip ik heb je PDF

    37. Alledaagse uitdrukkingen PDF

    1. 20240730 T3.1 Dutch 101 video

    1. De winkel, kopen, betalen, het geld

    2. 20240806 T3.2 Dutch 101 video

    1. 20240813 T3.3 Dutch 101 video

    1. 20240820 T3.4 Dutch 101 video

Additional course info:

  • Videos and PDF content of class presentations are uploaded weekly after each live session
  • Begins on Tue 30 Jul 2024
  • NZ time: Tue 6:30-8:00pm

Meet our Instructor:

Dutch, German & Japanese Instructor Hein Laaper

I was born in Utrecht, Netherlands, but have lived most of my life in New Zealand. I graduated from the University of Waikato, also completing my Diploma of Teaching, after which I studied for one year at the University of Gõttingen, Germany, and later completing different courses in Tokyo and Osaka. I am presently a registered NZ teacher having taught for over 40 years in the NZ Secondary School System, mainly Japanese and German. Over the years I have also been involved in the Continuing Education programmes in Hamilton in German and Dutch. My interests are traveling, gardening, architecture and good food.

Location:

All in-person classes are held at the EarthDiverse offices and classrooms located at 401 Anglesea Street, Hamilton Central, Hamilton (located just north of the Hamilton Central Bus Station) (entrance is located on the side of the building, see map below). Those looking for parking for our evening classes can park just in front of the building in any of the available car parks. Daytime parking can be found in our dedicated car parks, or free 2-hour on-street daytime parking can be found just in front on Anglesea Street.
Location

Distance Learning:

This course has distance-learning options for those unable to attend the live class sessions in Hamilton, New Zealand. Students have three options for attending our courses once they have registered:

  • Attend in-person classes in our Hamilton classrooms at the regularly scheduled day and time.

  • Attend our live on-line classroom sessions via Zoom at the regular scheduled day and time.

  • Watch the live-recorded class sessions at your leisure, at a time, day and place more suited to your schedule.

Distance-Learning options:

Live Zoom sessions or Video-Recordings

  • • In addition to our in-person classes in Hamilton, our courses offer distance learning options for those unable to attend classes in-person. Live-streamed Hamilton classes are available via free Zoom software for those living outside the Waikato. Live-streaming allows you to participate fully in your own learning, ask questions of the instructor and participate fully in the same way as if you were in the physical classroom.

  • • Those unable to attend the scheduled date and time of the actual class sessions, or those who need to miss a class or two due to previous engagements or unexpected illness, can watch any or all of the live-recorded video sessions on their computers, laptops, tablets or mobile devices and study at their own pace and in their own time.

  • • Detailed instructions on how to access our distance learning components will be sent after completing your registration. There are no additional fees for this service. However, distance learners will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a good quality web-camera (tablet devices and mobile phones can also access our live-streamed classes), a built-in microphone (most modern laptops have built-in microphones) or a headset with a microphone. You will also need to download and install the free Zoom software on your computer or device. Those accessing the video recordings will be able to do so with a simple web browser on any device.

Pricing options:

• All prices are in New Zealand dollars and include GST. • Unwaged includes students, seniors, retirees and unemployed. • Prices remain the same regardless of your chosen method for accessing this course.

Notes:

Those who cannot make the class meeting day and time via live Zoom sessions may consider accessing this course through the weekly recorded video sessions. Class videos are usually posted within 1-2 days of each live class session and are available for your own personal learning on a day and time of your choosing.

  • • This course has no assignments, quizzes, tests or exams.

  • • You will not need to purchase any reading materials.

  • • All classes encourage questions and group discussion.

  • • If you’re attending in-person, course fees include tea/coffee/snack at each session. Help yourself!l

  • • There are no refunds for missed classes. If you miss a class, you can watch the video recording!

  • • Guests of registered participants are welcome to attend a single session without registering.

  • • If, however, this course is cancelled due to insufficient enrolments please note that your registration fee will either be refunded in full or you may select to receive a course credit. Your choice!

Materials:

All materials are included in the course fees. These are developed by our instructors and distributed as PDF files as the course progresses.

  • • Course materials are provided to all registered students as digital materials made available to you on the course webpage for download (accessible after registration). There is no need to purchase any additional textbooks for this course, although you may choose to do so to supplement your learning.

  • • You will only require a pen or pencil, a notebook for taking your own class notes, and a loose-leaf binder. Any notes that our instructor writes on our class digital notepad are posted to the class webpage on your dashboard as a PDF file so that you can print these out at home and add them to your own notebook.

Prereqs:

A keen desire to begin learning Dutch!

  • • There are no prerequisites for this course.

  • • This course is open to all learners aged 10 years and above.