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
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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?
Café Combinne
GC de Muse is the perfect place for people keen to enjoy a pleasant chat in Dutch. The free-of-charge Café Combinne sessions are held there on Thursdays between 1.30 pm and 3.30 pm. A chance to meet people from your area and chat with them about everyday topics. The participants themselves choose the themes of the discussion. Coffee, tea and water are available free of charge. The hostess Patricia will be on hand to welcome you.
No need to register. Turn up when it best suits you. A basic knowledge of Dutch is required.
If Thursday afternoon is not convenient for you, Café Combinne chat sessions are offered at other venues: www.cafecombinne.be.
Dutch language lessons
The Crescendo-CVO adult education centre, provides Dutch language classes in the municipal primary school De Wonderwijzer in Drogenbos.
Language immersion
If Dutch is not your children's mother tongue, it is a good idea for them to learn and practise Dutch during their holidays. With this in mind, De Horizon and ‘de Rand' non-profit making associations have created a series of entertaining and instructive Dutch courses for this very purpose.
Conversation class
The conversation group is a great place to do a lot of talking in Dutch. You can discuss the news of the day, have an interesting conversation about your hobbies, attend a show and have a pleasant chat afterwards ... Almost anything is feasible, as long as you practice your Dutch while undertaking these activities.
Materials to practice Dutch
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.
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.