Danish 2 lower: module 1
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- Start Date: 23 Sep 2025End Date: 02 Dec 2025Tue (Evening): 19:35 - 21:05OnlineLocation: OnlineDuration: 11 sessions (over -11 weeks)Course Code: LDH11Tutors: Anne Svenstrup GrantFull fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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What is the course about?
This course will further your basic knowledge of the Danish language (grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation) with emphasis on communicative skills.
What will we cover?
Topics : Travels, making apologies, my life before and now. work and hobbies
Grammar: Verbs in the simple and perfect past, conjunctions, comparison.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- speak about where you are going and by what means
- apologise for being late
- speak about activities in the present and the past
- speak about your work and your hobbies
- conjugate regular verbs and some irregular ones
- use conjunctions and understand word order in both main and subordinate clause
- make comparisons.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Danish 1, modules 1, 2, 3 or the equivalent.
For further details of the specific foreign language skills required for this level, please see the languages self assessment chart at the start of the languages section of our course guide or at http://www.citylit.ac.uk/self-assess-your-level
You will also need to be able to respond to simple instructions and explanations, as well as read course documents, in English. You will need to be at ease with the use of numbers for daily activities (e.g. using money, telling the time, using the 24 hour clock, reading timetables). It would also be helpful if you had some knowledge of basic grammar terminology such as: a verb, a noun and conjugation.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Our courses are characterised by spoken interaction and communication. Typical activities include pair work, group work, role plays and games. A range of resources will be used to support your learning including presentations, hand-outs, and audio-visual material.
Homework is highly recommended to consolidate learning.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Based on tutor's own material and supplementary material from
Colloquial Danish: The Complete Course for Beginners (0415301823).
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Danish lower intermediate: module 2 in January.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.