Remember, it's never too late to register for a class, even after it's begun. You can always catch up with any sessions you may have missed by watching the video recordings of previous sessions. The time remaining to register before the first class session is below, so stop hesitating and get to it!
Term 2 (May -Jun ) and Term 4 (Oct- Dec) every year (pending sufficient 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.
Our 2023 Term 4 course begins on Wednesday 18 Oct 2023, 6:30-8:00pm (New Zealand time) and continues for eight weekly sessions. The final class of Term 4 is held on Wednesday 6 December 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.
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 the next day.
Honolulu, Hawai’i: begins Tue 17 Oct 2023, 7:30-9:00 pm
US Pacific: begins Tue 17 Oct 2023, 10:30pm -12:00am
US Eastern: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 1:30-3:00am
London, UK: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 6:30-8:30am
Paris, France: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 7:30-9:00am
New Delhi: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 11:00am-12:30pm
Bangkok, Thailand: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 12:30-2:00pm
Singapore & Shanghai: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 1:30-3:00pm
Tokyo, Japan: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 2:30-4:00pm
Sydney, Australia: begins Wed 18 Oct 2023, 4:30-6:00pm
Our Introductory Dutch 104 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 Intermediate Dutch (i.e. our Dutch 201 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.
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.
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.
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.
EarthDiverse Zoom instructions
20231018 T4.1 Dutch 104 PDF
20231018 T4.1 Dutch 104 video
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.
Introductory Dutch 101 -103, or equivalent. New students can enrol if they have some knowledge of Dutch, as assessed by the instructor.
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.
