Learning a Language at the Language Center
Tilburg University is an internationally oriented research and education institute. The Language Center assists students, university staff, and non-university students in improving their language proficiency.
Are you highly educated and do you want to improve your Dutch or learn Dutch as a 2nd language (Nt2)? Then you can choose from a wide range of courses. If you want to learn a foreign language, you are also at the right address at the Language Center.
Learn a foreign Language for free with your language vouchers
Tilburg University offers its students the opportunity to follow free language courses. Are you enrolled at Tilburg University and paying tuition fees here? If so, you will have received twelve digital language vouchers at the start of your studies. Exchange students and Pre-Master's students also receive these twelve language vouchers.
Course overviews
Choose your Course
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Nt2 Beginners (intensive course)
In this course, you will rapidly acquire a good foundation of everyday Dutch. You do this by using texts from the Delft method, which you study online step by step. Grammar is offered implicitly through these texts, so you develop a feeling for the language rather than an explicit knowledge of its rules. What you learn, you apply in countless conversations in Dutch.
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Dutch (Nt2) - Intensive Course for the Dutch State Exam
Our intensive course for the Nt2 State Exam consists of three consecutive courses in one year: a course for Beginners, Intermediate level students, and Upper-intermediate level students. These courses prepare you for the Nt2 State Exam, program II within a year.
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Nt2 Intermediate (intensive course)
In this intensive course, you will rapidly build your knowledge of Dutch. You expand your vocabulary to over 4,500 words and learn all kinds of idiomatic expressions. You do this, as in the Nt2 Beginners course, using texts from the Delft method, which you study online step by step. Grammar is implicitly offered through these texts, further developing your sense of language. You will apply what you have learned in numerous conversations in Dutch.
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Nt2 Upper-Intermediate Dutch (intensive course)
In this course, you will work from level B1 to level B2. This language level is consistent with degree programs in higher education and positions at the academic or university of applied sciences level. The lessons focus on speaking skills, but also on reading, listening, and writing. This prepares you for the various components of the Nt2-II State Exam. Your mentor in this course will advise you when it is a good time for you to apply for this exam. Furthermore, in this course you practice academic language skills such as taking notes, oral presentations, and oral and written argumentation.
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Dutch I for Expats
This is a course for highly educated people who work in an English-speaking environment but want to learn Dutch to manage in everyday life. In this course, you will learn basic Dutch vocabulary and grammar and be trained in the skills of reading, listening, speaking, and writing for practical situations. During the lessons the emphasis is on speaking skills in the form of dialogues and role plays.
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Why choose a Language Course at the Language Center?
Educational Vision Teaching Approach
- Our academically trained teachers
- Our focus on a highly educated target group
- Our modern facilities
- Tilburg University Language Center is a member of the Association of Dutch-speaking University Language Centres (NUT), which brings together language centres from the Netherlands and Flanders.
- Officially issued with the quality mark 'Blik op Werk' for civic integration courses (Nt2) (only available in Dutch)
Practice your languages with a Language Buddy!
Would you like to have a conversation in another language? Are you following a language course at the Language Center? Would you like to talk to a foreign student about his or her language and country? Then sign up as a Language Buddy.