Danish Language & Culture - Level I-II

Fall & Spring | 6 credits | Elective
Area Studies and 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 levels I-II (fall and spring) and III-IV (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. With DIS 1983-1991 and since 2004. Director of Danish Language Instruction at DIS.

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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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  Morten Egholm

  Cand. mag. (Scandinavian Studies, Film and Media Theory, University of Copenhagen, 1997). Teacher of Danish to foreigners,1998-2002. Associate Professor, Danish language, literature and culture, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2002-6). Ph.d. fellow, Film and Media Department, University of Copenhagen, 2004-8. Several articles in Danish, English and Dutch on Danish literature, mentality, TV series, and film history. With DIS since 2008.

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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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  Ditte Marie Egebjerg

  Cand.mag. (Scandinavian Philology and French, U. of Copenhagen 2001). Studied French Literature at the University of Montpellier 1994/1995. Vice Consul at the Danish Consulate of Ethiopia from 1999/2000. Teacher of Danish to foreigners, mainly in private organizations, since 2002. With DIS since 2006.

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  Mogens Ørting Larsen

  Qualified Teacher (Danish and English, Copenhagen Day and Evening University College of Teacher Education, 1973. Certified Teacher of Danish as a Foreign and Second Language, Danish University of Education, 2001. Teacher of Danish to foreigners since 1991. With DIS since 2008.

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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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  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.