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Title:All about Scandinavia
Moderator:TLE::SAVAGE
Created:Wed Dec 11 1985
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:603
Total number of notes:4325

433.0. "'Studieskolen' in Denmark" by TLE::SAVAGE () Mon Nov 19 1990 12:34

    From: [email protected] (Rene' Seindal)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    Subject: Danish courses (was: soc.culture.nordic)
    Date: 16 Nov 90 14:34:19 GMT
    Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen
 
    [email protected] (Dave Walden) writes:
     >  [email protected] (Rene' Seindal) writes:
 
    > >There is a place, called Studieskolen, which has free (i.e.,
    > >state-subsidised) Danish courses for foreigners.  These courses
 
    >    Tell us more!  How long does a term last?  When are the start
    > dates?  Can non-resident foreigners sign up for courses, perhaps
    > for a fee?  Can people from L.A. be admitted?  Do they allow people
    > who have already studied Swedish?  :)
 
    They require you to have a valid health insurance card (the yellow
    card) to be admitted free.  This means you must be a resident and have
    a working permit (you won't get a yellow card if you don't pay
    taxes---that is your insurance fee).
 
    The Danish courses are organised in levels (as are most of the language
    courses at Studieskolen---they teach 38 languages), from level 1 to
    level 9 for the basic part, which, I think, takes three month.  I have
    thier lates programme at home, so I will come back to this another day.
    The courses start eight times a year (six to eight weeks inervals) at
    each level.  Non-residents can sign up, for at modest fee.  I payed 915
    kr. for a four month latin course (2 x 2 hours a week), just to
    illustrate the level.  Most courses are 300-500 kr., depending on the
    duration.  The price is roughly proportional to the number of lessons
    you receive.
 
    I do not think Studieskolen cares about where you come from.  Whether
    or not you will have to pay depends on which kommune you live in
    (K�benhavn kommune will pay, Frederiksberg won't).  They don't care
    what you have studied earlier, but they do have a Danish course for
    Swedish-speaking people, but that is probably intended for swedes.
 
    I will send out a message later, with addresses, telephone numbers,
    etc.
 
    Rene' Seindal ([email protected])
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433.1FollowupTLE::SAVAGEWed Dec 12 1990 11:4366
    From: [email protected] (Rene' Seindal)
    Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
    Subject: Studieskolen.
    Date: 11 Dec 90 14:10:57 GMT
    Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen
 
    I promised a while ago to write a little about Studieskolen, and their
    Danish courses for foreigners.
 
    Here is the part of their programme, covering Danish courses,
    exclusively for foreigners.  There are further courses following these,
    but they are not exclusively for foreigners.
 
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   DANISH FOR FOREIGNERS.
 
   Levels 1-4: For beginners with no knowledge or students with a slight
   	knowledge of Danish.  The students must be familiar with the
   	Latin alphabet.  The courses train the ability to handle
	elementary everyday situations.  All four skills are taught
	(listening, speaking, reading, and writing), but emphasis is put
	on listening/comprehension and speaking.
 
	Teaching material handed out at the registration.
 
    Levels 5-8: for pre-intermidiate students.
 
    Levels 9-10: for intermidiate students who feel able to communicate in	
    basic Danish.
 
    Danish courses 1-10 and writing skils courses 1-2 are held in
    accordance with Act 355 governing adult-immigration education in
    Denmark.  The actual courses are free, but students must pay for
    required teaching material (level 1 and 3: dkr. 265, level 2 and 4:
    dkr. 150).  Students attending these courses must not at the same time
    enroll for Danish classes at other schools.  We cannot accept students
    living in Frederiksborg Amt.  PERSONAL ENROLLMENT ONLY, AT THE OFFICE. 
    Other Danish courses are held in accordance with the terms of the Adult
    Night School Education Act.  These courses are open to all studens.
 
    LENGTH OF COURSES: Studieskolen courses in Danish for foreigners start
    eight times a year, i.e. August, September, October, December,
    February, March, May and June.  Courses run 6-8 weeks with 1, 2, 3 or 5
    meetings a week.
 
    TYPE OF COURSES: ordinary classroom teaching is the most common form.
 
    COUNSELLING: The head of the Danish Section, exam. art. lars Skov is
    available at the office for counselling Monday and Wednesday
    12.00-14.00 and Thursday 14.00-16.00 (phone +45 33 14 30 22). 
    Available for telephone consultation one hour prior to normal
    counselling hours.
 
    National Health Card to be shown at enrollment. (thats the famous
    yellow card).

   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
    The address of studieskolen is:
 
	Studieskolen
	Antonigade 6
	DK-1106 K|benhavn K
	DENMARK                    
	Phone: +45 33 14 40 22
433.2I did it !EFGV04::LEEThu Jan 24 1991 04:5623
    I attended a course given by the Studieskole (by Studieskolen ? -
    difficult point in mixing Scandinavian and English) in 1983. I had a
    fabulous time then.

    It was a special "Summer Course in Danish Language, Culture and
    Society". Classes were with about (my memory is a bit vague here) 15
    people, right in the heart of Copenhagen. It lasted four weeks and in
    the mornings we did Danish language, and in the afternoons we went on
    guided tours of major Danish institutions - parliament, architectural
    and social-housing achievements, schools etc. Participants came from
    all over Europe and there was lots of group-feeling by the end. 

    I've been told that this is one of the best Studieskolen courses to do
    as the participants are people who are particularly interested in
    Danish language and culture, as opposed to the courses at other times
    of the year, where the participants are more people (perhaps even
    Digital people, but I don't know that) who _need_ to learn Danish for
    their day to day living in Denmark.

    Det er sund at jeg har glemt n�sten alt som jeg l�rte for 7 �r siden !

    Sim Lee, Netherlands.
433.3Swedish conentrated studies?INFRNO::PETERSONBob, DEC FortranFri Jan 25 1991 12:461
What are the similar programs available in Swed-en/-ish?