:: Dutch Survival Course Outline
Themes/Lexical Fields can include the following
- Basic greetings and farewells.
- Introducing yourself.
- Staying at a hotel
- Travel
- Recognizing numbers
- Eating in a restaurant
- Shopping
- Banking
- Telling the time, date etc
- Emergencies
Grammar
- Basic verb forms
- Questions
- Masculine vs. feminine
- Articles
And..
- Reading/pronouncing new words
- Lots of speaking/active practice
:: Dutch Beginner Course Outline
Themes/Lexical fields could include the following elements:
- Introductions – inc. where from, family
- Jobs
- Likes & dislikes
- Eating & drinking
- Travel
- Time – hours, days, months
- Home – rooms, common objects
- Places – shops, important buildings
- Daily life – routines, free time
- The weather
Grammar
- The verb ‘être’
- The present
- The past – passé composé
- The future – futur proche: aller + infinitif
- Pronouns – subject, object, possessive
- Singular vs. Plural
- Feminine vs. Masculine
- Articles
- Word order – sentence, question
- Questions – yes/no, wh-
- Giving instructions – using the imperative
Other vocab
- Key prepositions
- Key functions – invitation, offer, suggestion, requests
- Key verbs (combine with tense work)
- Key adjectives/adverbs – size, shape, age, speed
- Colour
- Numbers
- Alphabet
- Please & Thankyou
- Directions
- Connecting words (and, but, so, because, or)
And…
- Lots of speaking/active practice
- Lots of listening
- Pronunciation – key sounds