Taaltutor’s language activities

When in 2018 one of Sandra’s students asked her where she could continue to practice the Dutch language independently after her language course, Sandra came up with the idea to start a Language Café (Talencafé).

Together with English teacher Maria van Vlerken, Sandra started the Talencafé Culemborg just before the corona pandemic in January 2020. It soon became a popular meeting place for expats, migrant workers and Culemborg citizens. From 2021, the cafés take place in the foyer of the Fransche School theater. With this voluntary initiative, Sandra and Maria’s goal is to bring as many people together who love speaking languages, such as Dutch, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Greek, Portugese, Arabic, Turkish, Indian, Russian, etcetera, and be make newcomers feel at home in their new hometown.

Click the button below to find more information about dates, times and locations of the Talencafés. Or send Sandra and Maria an e-mail message. If you wish to receive the latest information, sign up to our Signal group app here.  

Once a month you can follow an online language workshop with us. The workshops are intended for anyone who does not yet have a job, but is currently looking for a job or a job promotion. Level: B1+

Send a motivation email to Sandra or call 06-15 50 50 70 to register. The language workshops take place via Zoom and the communication via an app group. The dates for 2022 are:

• August 22
• September 19
• October 17
• November 21
• December 19

Minimum level: B1+
Theme: Dutch language for job applications

We discuss questions such as “What exactly does a vacancy say? How do you write an email application? How do you prepare your CV? How do you ask questions by phone? What industry do you want to work in? Etcetera.

Max. number of participants: 4
Cost: none

Since 2019, Sandra, together with e-learning expert Mary van den IJssel, has been supporting language teachers with their online lessons through training courses. In 2021, we published a practical guide “Grenzeloos lesgeven” through Coutinho Publishers with answers to various questions about distance language teaching. Do you need customization in online language lessons, submit your question to us and we will think along with you about the content and form. We are a source of information (helpdesk), provide advice and training.

Content of the workshops

Assistance with:

• getting your first online language lesson ready to go;
• optimal setting of hardware and software functions and the practical use of tools for an online language lesson.

A demonstration of:

• useful software features and tools for online language lessons;
• pitfalls and points for improvement for online language lessons.

Advisory report after observing one of your online language lessons (max. 45 minutes) with observations, suggestions for improvement and tips;
training courses, online/offline/blended, such as a workshop on online didactics for small groups and one-to-one language lessons.

Quotation

Send us your question as detailed as possible and we will contact you. We will then discuss whether we can do something for you, how we can fill this in and we will send you a proposal in a quotation.