Advanced courses

For people who already have a good command of the Dutch language but wish to improve certain aspects the NT2 department has the following courses on offer:

Academic Dutch, for advanced NT2 learners, who are following a degree programme which requires them to improve their oral and/or written presentation skills.

Medical Dutch, for doctors with a foreign qualification, who are legally bound to sit the 'Algemene Kennis- en Vaardighedentoets' (General Knowledge and Proficiency test) to be able to work as a doctor in the Netherlands.

Writing at Work, for non-native speakers with a reasonable command of Dutch who regularly need to produce letters, memos, invoices or reports at work, and would like to reduce the number of mistakes they make in doing so.

Speaking at Work, for non-native speakers who can communicate reasonably well in Dutch, but still experience problems with spoken interaction in (work) situations that involve rapidly spoken Dutch.

Department of Dutch as a Second Language at VU University Amsterdam. For fast and effective Dutch courses and improvement of the quality of language education.