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Offered:

  • Term 1 and Term 3 every year (pending sufficient enrolment).

Date & Time:

  • Our 2023 Term 3 course begins on Wednesday 26 July 2023, 6:30-8:00pm (New Zealand time) and continues for eight weekly sessions. The final class of Term 3 is held on Wednesday 13 September 2023.

  • 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.

Description:

  • Our Introductory Dutch 103 continues with basic conversation, vocabulary and introductory grammar with an emphasis on speaking and listening. Learning about Dutch culture is an integral a part of our study. Our language and culture courses focus on teaching and learning only, and we do not expect you to study outside of class nor do we assign homework. Come and spend 12 class hours per Term (eight 1.5 hour weekly classes) learning Dutch and about Dutch culture, and have some fun too! All of our language classes are designed for busy people.

  • Subsequent Term courses of Introductory Dutch (i.e. our Dutch 104 course) continue with reading and writing practice, introductory grammar, vocabulary, and conversation and will continue in the same time slot for the rest of the year.

Time Zone equivalents:

  • Honolulu, Hawai’i: Tue 8:30-10:00 pm beginning 25 Jul 2023

  • US Pacific: Tuesdays 11:30pm-1:00am beginning 25 Jul 2023

  • US Eastern: Wednesdays 2:30-4:00am beginning 26 Jul 2023

  • London, UK: Wednesdays 7:30-9:00am beginning 26 Jul 2023

  • Paris, France: Wed 8:30 -10:00am beginning 26 Jul 2023

  • New Delhi, India: Wed 12:00-1:30pm beginning 26 Jul 2023

  • Bangkok, Thailand: Wed 1:30-3:00pm beginning 26 Jul 2023

  • Singapore: Wednesdays 2:30-4:00pm beginning 26 Jul 2023

  • Sydney, Australia: Wed 4:30-6:00pm beginning 26 Jul 2023

Meet our Instructor:

Dutch Instructor Jay Van Der Most

Jeroen (Jay) van der Most holds a degree in Sovietology from the University of Amsterdam. He has worked for many years in Human Resources and Recruitment in his home country The Netherlands, UK and here in New Zealand. He currently works as Employment Consultant for a not-for-profit organisation to help people with a wide range of barriers into meaningful work. With a great interest in languages and culture, Jay has filled his spare time with, among many other things, writing a column about dealing with the Dutch for a Dutch expat magazine, tutoring English as a Second Language and volunteering in the tourism industry. Jay currently teaches EarthDiverse’s Dutch language courses.

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 option:

  • 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 in New Zealand Dollars

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 Zoom instructions

    1. 20232607 T3.1 Dutch 103 PDF

    2. 20230726 T3.1 Dutch 103 video

    1. 20230802 T3.2 Dutch 103 PDF

    2. 20230802 T3.2 Dutch 103 video

    1. 20230809 T3.3 Dutch 103 PDF

    2. 20230809 T3.3 Dutch 103 video

    1. 20230816 T3.4 Dutch 103 PDF

    2. 20230816 T3.4 Dutch 103 video

    1. 20230823 T3.5 Dutch 103 PDF

    2. 20230823 T3.5 Dutch 103 video

Additional course info:

  • Videos and PDF content of class presentations are uploaded weekly after each live session
  • Begins on Wed 26 Jul 2023
  • NZ time: Weds 6:30-8:00pm

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 posted within 24 hours of each live class session and are available for your own personal learning session on a day and time of your choosing.

  • Please note that this course is only offered if sufficient numbers register. Please contact us (via the form on our Contact page using the Menu Bar above) if you are unsure about registering. If you do register, and this course is cancelled due to low enrolment, please be advised that we will refund your tuition in full.

Prerequisites:

  • Introductory Dutch 101-102, or equivalent. New students can enrol if they have some knowledge of Dutch, as assessed by the instructor.

Materials:

  • The course fee includes all teaching materials.

  • 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 the class whiteboard will be emailed to you as a digital PDF file so that you can print these out at home and add them to your own notebook.