Dutch as second language

Enrolling – price
New students report to “het Huis van het Nederlands”.
Kongostraat 42, 9000 Gent
Tel.: 09 235 26 70
www.hvngent.be
Start of enrolment: Monday 29th June, 2009
Opening hours:
• Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
from 9h till 12h and from 13h30 till 17h
• Thursdays from 13h30 till 17h
• closed during the Ghent Festival
• end of August – begin September:
also on Thursday mornings and evenings
(from 9h till 12h and 13h30 till 19h)
Price:
• shortened track: 40 euros
• regular and prolonged track: 60 euros
Partial or full exemption is possible.
Dutch in practice
• Language preparation for the theoretical driving
test (from level 3)
Provinciaal Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs
A course ‘Dutch in practice’ costs 30 euros.
2009-2010
Extra service
• Open learning centre
- individual study help (also on PC)
- conversation
• Help with pronunciation difficulties
• French for non-Dutch speakers
Info
Het Perspectief
Provinciaal Centrum voor Volwassenenonderwijs
09 267 12 90
www.hetperspectief.net
info@hetperspectief.net
Francisca Sabbe
09 267 12 59
francisca.sabbe@hetperspectief.net
(translated from Dutch)
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NT2
Dutch as
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Het Perspectief / Henleykaai 83 / 9000 Gent
T 09 267 12 90 / info@hetperspectief.net / www.hetperspectief.net
Moments of enrolment
1st semester
• begin September
• begin October
• mid-November
2nd semester
• begin February
• begin March
• mid-April
Locations
• Henleykaai 83
• Kongostraat 42
• Voldersstraat 1
Conditions of entry
• You have enjoyed at least 8 years of schooling.
• You are admitted to a continuation year
(from level 2):
- if you have followed Dutch lessons and have
obtained a (partial) certificate for the previous level,
- or if you pass a level test.
(This test is taken at enrolment or by appointment)
Tracks and levels
Tracks
• shortened (80 hours, level 1 to 6)
• regular (120 hours, all levels)
• prolonged (180 hours, levels 1 to 4)
• Following a shortened, regular or prolonged track
depends on your degree of schooling and/or the
result of the ‘covaar’-test.
Levels
• level 1 (Breakthrough)
• level 2 (Waystage)
• levels 3, 4, 5 and 6 (Threshold)
• levels 7 and 8 (Vantage)
• levels 9 and 10 (Effectiveness)
• In levels 9 and 10 you get ‘blended learning’
(evening class + supervised self-study via the Internet)
Intensity of the courses
An 80-hour track takes ten weeks (2x per week).
A 120-hour track can take:
• one schoolyear (1x per week)
• five months (2x per week)
• ten weeks (4x per week = intensive).
An 180-hour track takes five months (3x per week)
Lessons can be followed in the mornings, in the
afternoons or in the evenings.