Table of course contents

These are all functional skills that could be part of the programme

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A Beginners Dutch course will quickly give you the confidence that you need. To face the challenges that a new environment presents in both social and simple working situations.

Beginners general 'social' Dutch
- numbers/time and spelling
- phone numbers/e-mail addresses
- social reactions
- daily routine
- home related vocabulary
- leisure activities
- likes and dislikes
- describing actions and activities
- reading Dutch forms/letters
- filling in Dutch forms
- preferences
- making comparisons
- talking about past events
- formal/informal language		Beginners business Dutch
- providing concise personal details
- asking for information/explanation
- making telephone calls
- telephone expressions
- e-mail/internet/computer language
- writing short email
- business verbs/nouns
- job titles
- branches
- talking about your job/company 
- short presentation
- discussing priorities
- welcoming clients
- describing business activities

Intermediate Dutch course for people who need to speak and understand Dutch in their private and work environment.

Intermediate business Dutch
- welcoming clients/company visits
- small talk
- making appointments
- talking about your job
- company background, plans, procedures
- talking about business projects
- distribution; orders and deliveries 
- writing short notes
- making a proposal
- marketing plans
- causes and effects
- suggestions
- recommendations
- advantages/disadvantages
- making decisions
- telephone calls		Intermediate business Dutch
- passing on information
- meetings
- negotiations
- discussions
- describing  statistics
- describing figures and trends
- making comparisons
- company finances
- hiring and firing
- talking about skills and experience
- actions-reactions
- writing emails and letters
- invitations
- letters of complaint
- reported speech
- culture and cultural awareness

Advanced Dutch course for people who need to speak and understand Dutch in their private or work environment

Advanced business Dutch
- exchanging information and interaction at the workplace
- exchanging complex information from own area of work
- dealing with colleagues and business associates with confidence
- negotiating complex and specialised plans, schedules, concepts and contracts
- as host or guest, operating in formal occasions
- disposing a wide range of strategies to express own views and feelings
- participating in formal complex and specialised discussions and meetings
- arguing clearly and convincingly in formal discussions and meetings
- leading part in complex job interviews
- holding a complex and specialised presentation
- dealing with difficult (and hostile) questions and comments

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