Dutch A1 course for beginners

Dutch syllabusA1: learning goals

Your teacher adapts the learning plan to your needs.

A1.1: Greetings and Farewells:

1. Basic greetings and farewells.

A1.2: Telling your name:

1. Tell your name and ask for the name of somebody
2. Titles and ways of addressing people. (Mister, miss,...)
3. Introduce yourself

A1.3: Where are you from?:

1. Ask somebody where they are from
2. Say your nationality

A1.4: Numbers and counting:

1. Learn to count
2. Numbers from 1-100

A1.5: Family:

1. Talk about family members
2. Describe your family members

A1.6: Saying your age:

1. Asking somebody's age
2. Say how old you are and when your birthday is

A1.7: Professions and studies:

1. Describe your profession
2. Ask somebody's profession
3. Talk about studies

A1.8: Love and friendship:

1. Describe relationships (friendships and the romantic ones)

A1.9: Days of the week and parts of the day:

1. Say the parts of the day
2. Learn the names of the 7 days of the week

A1.10: The weather:

1. Talk about the weather
2. Basic weather vocabulary

A1.11: Seasons, months and parts of the year:

1. Learn the 4 seasons of the year
2. Learn the names of the 12 months

A1.12: Ordinal numbers:

1. Learn the ordinal numbers.

A1.13: Telling the time and reading the clock:

1. Ask and tell the time
2. Read the clock

A1.14: Calendar dates and holidays:

1. The basic dates and holidays

A1.15: Daily food:

1. Name the food that we consume daily.
2. Tell what you eat and drink.

A1.16: Daily routines:

1. Talk about daily routine
2. Daily activities

A1.17: Cooking:

1. Basic ingredients for cooking
2. Expressing obligations

A1.18: Asking things:

1. How to ask questions
2. Answering questions
3. Using question words

A1.19: Prices and money:

1. Vocabulary on money and currencies
2. Payment methods

A1.20: Grocery shopping:

1. Daily food and drinks
2. Tell what you want at the supermarket

A1.21: Clothing:

1. Describe people's clothing
2. Clothing vocabulary

A1.22: Body parts:

1. Get to know the basic body parts
2. Basic health phrases

A1.23: Physical appearance:

1. Describe people's physical appearance
2. The agreement of adjectives

A1.24: Colours:

1. Basic and compound colours names
2. Describing objects
3. Expressing likes and dislikes

A1.25: Emotions and feelings:

1. Talk about your feelings.
2. Express your emotions.

A1.26: Senses and perceiving:

1. Describe taste, smell, sight, sound and touch
2. Compare things

A1.27: Shapes and forms:

1. Describe forms and shapes.
2. Describe basic objects.

A1.28: Character and personality:

1. Learn to describe the character of people.
2. Talk about personalities.

A1.29: Physical states and sensations:

1. Express basic needs.
2. Tell your physical state.

A1.30: Health and wellbeing:

1. Basic health vocabulary.
2. Express sickeness and pain.
3. Basic medical vocabulary.

A1.31: Parts of the house:

1. The rooms in a house
2. Describe the different parts of your house

A1.32: Furniture:

1. Basic house furniture vocabulary
2. Describe your house

A1.33: Tableware:

1. List of tableware
2. Setting up the table
3. Kitchen utensils and tableware

A1.34: Household appliances:

1. Household appliances
2. Electric applicances

A1.35: Housing and accommodation:

1. Learn the different types of accommodations
2. Learn to buy and rent

A1.36: In the garden:

1. Learn the names of common plants and flowers in the garden.
2. Verbs related to gardening and growing vegetables.

A1.37: Taking care of the pet:

1. Learn the basic animals (pets)

A1.38: Everyday services:

1. Talk about everyday services
2. Basic city services

A1.39: Ordering food and dining out:

1. Have basic conversations in a restaurant
2. Reserve a table and order something from the menu

A1.40: Sports and exercise:

1. Learn the sports
2. Talk about the sports you practice

A1.41: Describing hobbies:

1. Talk about your hobbies
2. Describe activities that you enjoy
3. Weekend plans in Spanish cities

A1.42: Transportation:

1. Learn how to use the public transportation
2. Different ways of transportation

A1.43: Asking for and giving directions:

1. Ask for directions in a city
2. Giving directions to a stranger

A1.44: Music and art:

1. Talk about music and art
2. Different art forms