HANDBOOK DANISH LANGUAGE COURSES
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WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE YOU AT OUR L ANGUAGE SCHOOL. WE HIGHLY A PPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST IN OUR DANISH C OURSES AND WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY OUR S ERVICES AND FACILITIES. WHEN YOU JOIN US, YOU B ECOME AN IMPORTANT PART OF A MULTICULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL E NVIRONMENT. BESIDES LEARNING DANISH, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE YOUR NETWORK AS YOU WILL MEET STUDENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND FROM AROUND THE WORLD. WELCOME TO LÆRDANSK AARHUS.
A WORK ORIENTED COURSE
HOW IS IT ORGANISED?
Your course is called Arbejdsmarkedsrettet Dansk which means Work-oriented Danish. The course is for those who quickly need to learn how to speak Danish. The course will also teach more than the Danish language. You will learn about being a resident in Denmark and about communicating with authorities and institutions via the Internet. The training is based on your needs so that you can learn Danish as quickly as possible in relation to your everyday life, work and studies.
Arbejdsmarkedsrettet Dansk consists of 250 lessons that are divided into five packages. Each package consists of 50 lessons, both face-to-face and online.
FREE DANISH EDUCATION When you start your Danish education, you have the right to 250 lessons of Arbejdsmarkedsrettet Dansk, which must be completed within 1.5 years, starting from the moment you are assigned to a class and will keep counting regardless of your decision to stop/pause the course or to withdraw at an early stage. If you decide to pause the course, be aware that you might not be able to complete all five packages within 1.5 years. This means you will not be allowed to further free Danish lessons.
The five packages each have a theme: Off to a good start in Denmark; Off to a good start in Danish; You’re making progress; It’s going well; On the way to ... The table below is an overview of face-to-face and online lessons included in each package. The duration of each package depends on the number of face-to-face lessons per week. For example, the first package can last approximately 7 to 9 weeks, depending on if you are enroled to a class with four or five lessons per week. Remember a lesson is equivalent to 45 minutes.
FACE-TO-FACE ONLINE Package 1
34
16
Package 2
30
20
Package 3
24
26
Package 4
28
22
Package 5
32
18
BOOKS
ONLINE ACTIVITIES
Lærdansk offers you a textbook for each package that is borrowed from the library. Please do not write or make notes in the book. We kindly ask you to return it in good condition. If you would like to have your own book, you can buy it from Alfabeta Digital. The book for the first package is named Puls 1.
We strongly recommend you to participate in the online activities, as they are an useful tool for your progress in Danish. As part of your course, there are two types of online activities:
FACILITIES As a student at Lærdansk you enjoy access to an array of facilities and services such as borrowing books from our school library, using computers or getting help with computer issues in the IT café (such as Google Apps or NemID), working, lounging or socialising in the Multicenter, or practicing your speaking skills at Speak Danish Café or Speak Danish Online.
HOLIDAY CALENDAR For an overview of the semester and official holidays, please check our online calendar.
1.) Alfabeta Digital which is part of your textbook. Visit alfabetadigital.dk/puls1 2.) Lærdansk Online An interactive platform where you can access different exercises and get personal feedback from a teacher. Lærdansk Online is the online part of each package. You will receive your username and password (uni login) from your teacher in class. Visit netdansk.itai.dk You will be introduced to Lærdansk Online on your first course day. If you are absent, you will have the possibility to participate in the introduction held in the Multicenter at our school at another time. For more information, please ask your teacher.
GET A CERTIFICATE After each completed package you can get a certificate from the Danish Ministry of Education. To receive your certificate, just ask for it at our reception desk or by email to aarhus@adm.laerdansk.dk
CONTINUE LEARNING DANISH When you complete all five packages of Arbejdsmarkedsrettet Dansk you will be offered a placement test, which we strongly encourage you to take. This test gives you access to up to three more years of Danish courses. It will show your level of Danish and will decide where you will be placed in the module system if you want to continue with further Danish education (see the figure to the right). You can receive a module test certificate stating your level of Danish language according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
STUDY TEST MODULE 6 DEPENDING ON THE RESULT OF YOUR PLACEMENT TEST, YOU CAN ENTER MODULE 2, 3 OR 4 OF DANISH EDUCATION 3.
A MAXIMUM OF 1.5 YEARS
MODULE TEST PACKAGE 5 - 50 LESSONS
DANISH EDUCATION 3 TEST MODULE 5
MODULE 4 MODULE 3
PACKAGE 4 - 50 LESSONS PACKAGE 3 - 50 LESSONS
MODULE 2
PACKAGE 2 - 50 LESSONS PACKAGE 1 - 50 LESSONS WORK-ORIENTED DANISH
MODULE 1
DANISH EDUCATION 3
LÆRDANSK COORDINATORS
INTERNATIONALS AT AU COORDINATOR
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COORDINATOR
ACADEMIC STAFF COORDINATOR
simona.badulescu@adm.laerdansk.dk
christina.odgaard@adm.laerdansk.dk
CHRISTINA ODGAARD
ANN ELVEBERG
Your coordinator on University campus, for general questions about Danish education, rules and feedback or other problems.
Your coordinator at Lærdansk, for questions about Danish classes, levels and changing your schedule.
Your coordinator at Lærdansk, for questions about Danish classes, levels and changing your schedule.
SIMONA ION BADULESCU
ann.elveberg@adm.laerdansk.dk
WHO TO CONTACT ? I don’t know / I forgot my username or password for Google
Apps (uni login) Your teacher. Check your welcome e-mail or our website for contact details
? I have a username and password for Lærdansk Online (uni login) but they don’t seem to work IT café, itcafelaerdansk@gmail.com
STAY IN TOUCH Follow us on Facebook. We will keep you up to date with relevant information about our course offers, classes, events, Danish culture and occationally job opportunities. Connect with other language learners and share your progress on Instagram at Speakdanish. We wish you good luck. And have fun while you experience the Danish learning process.
? I will be absent for a certain period
Your teacher or fravaer@adm.laerdansk.dk
? I would like to change my class schedule - I am a student
Christina Odgaard, Christina.Odgaard@adm.laerdansk.dk I would like to change my class schedule - I am academic staff Ann Elveberg, Ann.Elveberg@adm.laerdansk.dk
? I would like to stop my Danish classes
Lærdansk Aarhus, aarhus@adm.laerdansk.dk
? I have questions about my test or would like to change the date Administration, test@adm.laerdansk.dk
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NOTES
VISIT OUR WEBSITE WWW.LAERDANSK.DK/UNI
CONTACT YOUR CAMPUS COORDINATOR SIMONA CONTACT SIMONA.BADULESCU@ADM.LAERDANSK.DK
Paludan M端llers Vej 82, 8200 Aarhus N +45 87 32 54 00 aarhus@adm.laerdansk.dk
www.laerdansk.dk/aarhus