Danish Language & Culture - Level I

Fall & Spring | 3 credits | Elective
Majors: Language

Danish Language and Culture is highly recommended for all students. DIS offers regular 3-credit courses taught at levels I (fall and spring) and II (spring), and intensive 6-credit courses taught at level I-II (fall and spring). More advanced courses are offered for individual students.

As for the language instruction, the emphasis is on everyday spoken Danish. The goal is to enable you to have small conversations in Danish with your Danish host families, Danish roommates, or friends at the ‘kollegium.’ A successful learning process depends on active participation – not only in class but also outside the classroom. During your stay, you will have unique opportunities to use your Danish and to observe and reflect on different cultural issues. All of which you are encouraged to bring into the classroom discussions.

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Instructors

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  Suzanne da Cunha Bang

  Cand.mag. et art. (Danish, English, History of Art, University of Copenhagen, 1983 and 2002). Teacher of Danish to foreigners since 1979. Director of Danish Language Instruction at DIS. With DIS 1983-1991 and since 2004.

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  Mette Jungersen

  B.A. (Russian Language and Literature, University of Copenhagen, 2006). Cand.Stud. (Russian Language and Literature, 2007-). Teacher of Danish Language and Literature, Saint Petersburg University of Telecommunication, 2006. Assistant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of European Neighborhood and Russia, 2006-2009. With DIS since 2008.

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  Morten Egholm

  Ph.D. (Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen, 2009). Cand.mag. (Scandinavian Studies, Film and Media Theory, University of Copenhagen, 1997). Lecturer in Media History and Non-fiction Theory at the University of Copenhagen. With DIS since 2008.

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  Charlotte Bjerre Beuck

  Cand.phil. (Czech and European Studies, University of Aarhus, 2003). Teacher of Czech, 1995-99. Teacher of Danish to foreigners since 2000. With DIS since 2005.

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  Ditte Marie Egebjerg

  Cand.mag. (Scandinavian Philology and French, University of Copenhagen, 2001). Studied French Literature at the University of Montpellier 1994-1995. Teacher of Danish to foreigners, mainly in private organizations, since 2002. With DIS since 2006.

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  Alette Haase

  Cand.mag. (Danish and Nordic Literature, University of Copenhagen, 2000). Certified Teacher of Danish as a Foreign and Second Language, University of Copenhagen, 1999. With DIS since 1999.

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  Jens Linde

  Cand.mag. (English, University of Copenhagen, 2007). Freelancing for DR (National Public Radio) and The Copenhagen Post, among others, between 1998 and 2002. Adult teaching at the Niels Brock vocational college program from 2002 to 2010. With DIS since 2010.

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  Christina Knudsen

  Cand.mag. (French and Spanish, University of Southern Denmark, 1999). Studies in French at the Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France. Teacher of Danish language, culture, and history to foreigners at the University of Southern Denmark. With DIS since 2006.

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  Nina Honoré Lahav

  Certified Teacher of Danish as a Foreign and Second Language, (Danish University of Education, 2002). With DIS since 2002.

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  Mogens Ørting Larsen

  Certified Teacher (Danish as a Foreign and Second Language, Danish University of Education, 2001). Qualified Teacher (Danish and English, Copenhagen Day and Evening University College of Teacher Education, 1973). Teacher of Danish to foreigners since 1991. With DIS since 2007.