What is an Online Language Café?

In an Online Language Café, you meet with other language learners for one hour each week in an online setting. Together with a native speaker you discuss language, culture and current events, in the language you want to speak fluently.

  1. Why choose our Online Language Café?
  2. What is the Fall 2024 offer?
  3. What is the price?
  4. What do our students say?
  5. I want to register!
  6. Keep me up to date

Why choose our Online Language Café?

  • Speak more fluently in Dutch or French (our current offer)
  • Don't worry about homework or exams
  • Meet like-minded people in a relaxed online setting
  • Continue learning, guided by a native speaker
  • Get a deeper insight in culture and society

...right from the comfort of your own home!

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What is the Spring 2025 offer?

Registrations for the spring semester of 2025 open in January. 

Dutch

10 hours – 10 weeks – 1 session per week – 20.00pm-21.00pm – Online

Period
Course days
Registration Deadline
Level
Course code
13/03/2025 - 05/06/2025
Thursdays
Monday 3 March
Low Intermediate
OLC-N2411-A - Timetable
11/11/2024 - 03/06/2025
Tuesdays
Monday 3 March
High Intermediate
OLC-N2411-B - Timetable


French

10 hours – 10 weeks – 1 session per week – 20.00pm-21.00pm – Online

Period
Course days
Registration Deadline
Level
Course code
12/03/2025 - 28/05/2025
Wednesdays
Monday 3 March
Intermediate
 OLC-FR2411-A - Timetable

What is the price?

New students
€145
Current Linguapolis students (see conditions below in 'Discounts')
€75                              


The registration fee includes:

  • 10 one-hour online sessions guided by your café coach (native or near-native speaker)
  • online materials such as listening or reading excerpts, visual materials and/or vocabulary prepared by the café coach
  • free use of LinguaPlus, our online training platform containing a wealth of exercises (for Dutch learners)
  • the use of Blackboard Class Collaborate for the online meetings​

Who can register?

Profile

1. Our courses are intended for highly-educated adults. This means that:

  • you must be at least 18 years of age; and
  • you must hold a secondary school diploma (i.e. you have received at least 12 years of education); and
  • One of the following conditions:
    • you are studying at higher education level 
    • you have studied at higher education level 
    • you want to prepare yourself to study at higher education level

2.  You are not a true beginner. This means you have previous knowledge of the language in which you want to follow the Online Language Café. 


Equipment

1. You have access to a computer or tablet with internet connection.

2. You will need a camera and microphone for the live online session.

DISCOUNTS