Practice Dutch
If you are looking for opportunities for practising your Dutch, we can offer you language courses for children, chat cafés, easy-to-follow theatre performances, booklets with words and pictures and much more.
Practice in your spare time
Looking for tips to learn Dutch?
Looking for activities?
Would you like to practice your Dutch in a fun way during your free time? Do you enjoy cooking or crafting? Would you rather do sports or just chat? Or do you like learning something new?
Dutch language lessons
The Crescendo-CVO adult education centre, provides Dutch language classes in GC de Kam.
Registration:
The Agency for Integration and Citizenship organizes information sessions about Dutch courses in the region. You can ask for information there and register for a Dutch course. The date of the next info session at GC de Kam is not yet known.
Contact 0800 123 00 or visit www.infonl.be for more information or to make an appointment for the info session.
Café Combinne
Would you like to have a friendly chat in Dutch?
At Café Combinne, you can practice Dutch and meet people from your neighborhood. We talk about everyday topics. Coffee, tea, and water are free. Everyone is welcome!
Every Thursday from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at GC de Kam.
In this café-style setting, you can come and go as you like!
Coffee, tea, and water are free.
No registration is required.
Conversation group
If your spoken Dutch is already quite good but you could do with some more practise, the Kam Wednesday conversation group is highly recommended. Participation is dependent on passing an evaluation test. A designated Dutch-speaking supervisor will be in attendance.
Participants need to complete a test. Have you already taken Dutch lessons? If you have completely grade level 2.3 (B1 Threshold, module 2.3), you will be allowed to take part.
- Wednesday from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
- 75 euros
- Please make an appointment to take the test by calling 0800 123 00 or www.infonl.be. More information? Email info@dekam.be
Materials
Looking for materials to practice Dutch? Come to the community center or visit the Language Point in the library.
Language icons
Our community centre offers many activities in the Dutch language. These are ideal for people learning Dutch. Use the explanations linked to the language icons to choose an activity.
What does it mean?
Language icon 1: You don’t understand or speak much Dutch yet.
Language icon 2: You already understand a little Dutch but don’t speak it very well yet.
Language icon 3: You understand quite a lot of Dutch and can say a few things.
Language icon 4: You understand a lot of Dutch and speak it well.
language activities for children
Is Dutch not your children’s mother tongue? Do you want them to learn and practice Dutch? Enroll your children in fun activities in Dutch. These are not language lessons.
Voor organisatoren en begeleiders
Ben je vrijwilliger in een vereniging, begeleid je een oefenkans Nederlands of werk je in het onderwijs? Vzw ‘de Rand’ nodigt iedereen die in de Vlaamse Rand woont, werkt, er naar school gaat en/of vrije tijd besteedt op een positieve manier uit om Nederlands te leren, te oefenen en te gebruiken. Ook Nederlandstaligen kunnen hieraan meewerken. Met tips, methodieken, materialen, workshops, coaching en trajecten op maat ondersteunt vzw ‘de Rand’ scholen, verenigingen, lokale besturen en andere partners.