start your dutch

This is the website for Start Your Dutch, a Dutch language course for beginners located in the Amsterdam city-center. The focus is on getting you to conversational level Dutch (A1 or A2) as fast as possible. There are two types of courses: an evening course taking 5 weeks to complete and a personal bootcamp taking up to 2 weeks to complete.

The next Evening Course starts Tuesday July 24th, 2012. You can find the exact schedule on the Courses page. The price for this course is 190 euro.

The Evening course after this starts Tuesday September 18th, 2012.

The Personal Bootcamp is planned according to your wishes. The first available start date for a Bootcamp is Monday June 4th, 2012. Use the contact form to check further availability. An example of a bootcamp schedule is available on the Courses page. The price for a bootcamp is 320 euro. If you would like to do the bootcamp together with a friend the price is 250 euro per person.

Class size – You don't want to feel lost in a big classroom which is why classes consist of no more than 4 people. You get ample personal attention and will always be able to actively participate.
Individual coaching - Each course incorporates one or more private coaching sessions. This allows you to catch up on material or to make extra progress.
Learning and doing - Are you able to form a sentence? Good, now use it! When you acquire new language skills we go out and test them on real live Dutch people.
Beyond the course - The aim is for you to be self-reliant at the end of the course. This doesn't mean that you'll be fluent, but you will be comfortable with starting conversations and have the tools to expand your Dutch by yourself.
No extra costs - With each course you get the SYD syllabus containing theory and exercises and a dvd with audio and video material. Everything you need to get you started.