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English courses

TaalTaal offers quality English courses on several levels. Our groups are small and dynamic, so you will have lots of personal attention and guidance.

The new season starts in the week of 22 January 2024 and consists of 11 lessons of 120 minutes.

Prefer to participate in the season that starts in the week of April 22nd 2024? (in-person and online available)
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It is possible to sign up for a course that is already running. Please take into account about 2.5 hours of self-study and homework next to the regular courses.

Are you interested in signing up? Please use the sign up buttons located under each course description. If you have any questions, you're welcome to call us, send an e-mail or use the contact form.

OK Starting September 2023, TaalTaal will offer an upgraded course program with regular lessons of 2 hours each so that you will make progress more quickly at a pace that's still comfortable. If you're an existing student and would like to learn which follow-up class is the best fit for you, please feel free to contact us.

Please note: private lessons and intensive courses can be started at any time.

Course overview

English Beginner NEW 1 (A0-A1)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: In this beginners course, you will learn how to introduce yourself in English and engage in simple conversations. Afterwards, you will be able to make simple sentences in English, count until 100 and ask questions on a shop, restaurant or bar.

For whom: Complete beginners without any prior knowledge of English.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks:

* Wednesday between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs
* Saturday between 12:00 and 14:00 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Beginner (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194029803)

English Beginner NEW 2 (A1)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: In this course, you will learn about the 'present continuous', 'past simple', irregular verbs and prepositions. Afterwards, you will be able to make sentences in the present and past and talk about shopping, clothes, travel and vacations.

For whom: Beginners with some basic knowledge of English.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Monday between 20:00 and 22:00 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Beginner (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194029803)

English Elementary NEW 1 (A1+)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: English Elementary NEW 1 covers the first half of the English File book. Topics include work, hobbies, people, places, and daily routines.

For whom: Students who completed the Beginner courses or have CEFR level A1.

Result after the course: You will have improved your basic skills in forming standard sentences using the present simple, past simple, and present continuous, as well as begin to learn about the future tense when talking about a wide range of topics.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks:

* Monday between 20:00 and 22:00 hrs (ONLINE)
* Thursday between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs
* Saturday between 11:30 and 13:30 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Elementary (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194031592)

English Pre-Intermediate NEW 1 (A2)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: This course covers the first half of the English File Book, Chapters 1-6. Topics include holidays, personal relationships, lifestyle, and future plans and dreams

Result after the course: You will have gained new skills in forming complex sentences using modal verbs, phrasal verbs and correct word order, further improved pronunciation, and acquired some basic writing skills as well. Your enriched vocabulary will allow you to discuss more abstract concepts, describe emotions, and make predictions about the future.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks:

* Monday between 18:30 and 20:30 hrs
* Thursday between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs
* Saturday between 14:00 and 16:00 hrs (8 weeks // start: week of 12 February)
* Saturday between 9:00 and 11:00 hrs ( start: week of 18 March)

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Pre-Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194037419)

English Pre-Intermediate NEW 2 (A2-B1)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: This course covers the second half of the English File Book, chapters 7-12. Topics include health and anatomy, sports and movement, and phone conversations.

Result after the course: You will have learned to communicate ideas and opinions about prominent figures in history, politics, and popular culture with a marked improvement in fluency, acquiring the ability to use the present perfect tense, the passive voice, reported speech, modals, and quantifiers. Your reading skills will have improved and you begin to think, speak, and write in complex sentences with some ability to paraphrase.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks:

* Tuesday between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs
* Tuesday between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs
* Friday between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs (ONLINE)

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Pre-Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194037419)

English Intermediate NEW 2 (B1-B2)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: English Intermediate NEW 2 is the second part of our Intermediate course which covers Chapters 4-6 of the English File book. Topics include social conventions and ettiquette, superstitions, and romantic relationships.

Result after the course: You will have improved your mastery of the most common regular and irregular verbs in the past participle form, have been introduced to the passive voice. You have learned to use modals of ability and deduction with a clear understanding of their differences. You have continued practicing the present perfect and simple past tenses, choosing appropriately between them to describe experiences, significant people, and their past and present habits.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks:

* Tuesday between 20:00 and 22:00 hrs
* Tuesday between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194035910)

English Upper-Intermediate NEW 1 (B2)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Monday between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Upper-Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194039697)

English Upper-Intermediate NEW 2 (B2+)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: English Upper-Intermediate NEW 3 is the last part of our Upper-Intermediate course which covers the final chapters of the English File book, Chapters 5-7. Topics include music, historical events, business and advertising, the media, past regrets and future aspirations.

Result after the course: You will have acquired essential skills for public speaking, and have learned how to organise your thoughts in chunks of information and present them in a logical sequence to effectively convey information. You easily navigate between unreal conditionals, past modals, and future time clauses. Through more complex writing tasks you have learned to write letters using formal and informal styles, construct narratives using time expressions, and present opinions using linking expressions and applying principles of structured and organised writing. More complex listening tasks have improved your comprehension and reinforced correct pronunciation. You will have further honed your reading and writing skills with a broader range of adverbial phrases, collocations, and subordinating conjunctions.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Wednesday between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Upper-Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194039697)

English Advanced NEW 2 (B2-C1+)

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: English Advanced NEW 2 is part 2 of 3 of our Advanced course covers Chapters 4-6 of the English File book. Topics include time, finances, stress and relaxation, long-distance relationships, and life priorities.

Result after the course: Your English proficiency will have further approached native-speaker levels. You have learned to detect implicit meaning, give advice on personal matters, offer solutions to work-related challenges and share nuanced opinions about global problems. You will have learned to add emphasis using inversion, express speculation and deduction using advanced modals, and practice distancing through verbs, adverbs and the passive voice.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Saturday between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File advanced (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194038355)

AYCT English (beg/el/p-i)

week commencing 29 January
€0

Description: TaalTaal offers the possibility of following extra conversation lessons at the level of your regular course in addition to the regular lessons. If you are already following an English course at TaalTaal, there are no extra costs involved. The lessons are given by experienced teachers in order to improve your speaking skills.

For whom: These sessions are specifically meant for students who are already doing lessons at TaalTaal. Of course, you can always take a trial lesson. People who are not yet following a course at TaalTaal can also take part in these lessons for a fee. In this case, please contact us at 070-3226091 or you can also send an email to info@taaltaal.nl.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 10 weeks: Thursday between 18:30 and 20:00 hrs

Registration procedure: There is a registration list on the board between classrooms 4.1 and 4.2. Here you can enter your name and your regular class for the days you would like to take the extra AYCT lessons. Taking into account the capacity of the classrooms, the sessions are divided into levels and lessons are given once a week. One class is for the levels Beginner/Elementary and Pre-Intermediate and the other class for the levels Intermediate, Upper-intermediate and Advanced.

AYCT English (int/up-int/adv)

week commencing 29 January
€0

Description: TaalTaal offers the possibility of following extra conversation lessons at the level of your regular course in addition to the regular lessons. If you are already following a English course with TaalTaal, there are no extra costs involved. The lessons are given by experienced teachers in order to improve your speaking skills.

For whom: These sessions are specifically meant for students who are already doing lessons at TaalTaal. Of course, you can always take a trial lesson. People who are not yet following a course at TaalTaal can also take part in these lessons for a fee. In this case, please contact us at 070-3226091 or you can also send an email to info@taaltaal.nl.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 10 weeks: Thursday between 18:30 and 20:00 hrs

Registration procedure: There is a registration list on the board between classrooms 4.1 and 4.2. Here you can enter your name and your regular class for the days you would like to take the extra AYCT lessons. Taking into account the capacity of the classrooms, the sessions are divided into levels and lessons are given once a week. One class is for the levels Beginner/Elementary and Pre-Intermediate and the other class for levels Intermediate, Upper-intermediate and Advanced.

English Conversation B+

week commencing 22 January
€318

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Monday between 12:00 and 14:00 hrs

English Conversation C

week commencing 22 January
€318

Description: This course is fantastic for those who wish to speak English at the highest level. The course is very suitable for trying out different techniques and there is lots of room for your own input. So if you want to give a presentation or do a debate on a certain topic, this course is suitable for you!

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Tuesday between 12:00 and 14:00 hrs

English Beginner 3 (A1)

week commencing 12 February
€238

Description: English Beginner 3 is the third part of our basic English course. During this course you will learn a.g. the 'present continuous',the 'past simple', irregular verbs and prepositions. After the course, you can make sentences in the past and present and you able to talk about shopping and clothes and about travelling and holidays.

For whom: Beginners with some knowledge of English or students who have already followed the Beginner 2 course.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 8 weeks: Saturday between 10:00 and 12:00 hrs

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Beginner (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194029803)

English Elementary 3 (A1-A2)

week commencing 22 January
€238

Description: English Elementary 3 is the third part of our Elementary English course. The complete course consists of 3 parts. Some themes are food and drinks, internet and future plans.

For whom: This course is meant for students with some knowledge of English or students who have already finished our Elementary 2 course.

Result after the course: You are able to place orders in restaurants and bars, make comparisons about all kinds of people or things. You are also capable of making online reservations or reservations by telephone. After you have finished this course you are able to register for our English Pre-Intermediate course.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 8 weeks:

* Saturday between 12:00 and 14:00 hrs ( start: week of 26 February)
* Saturday between 9:00 and 11:00 hrs

If you would like to know what the best course is for you, we can plan an intake to determine your exact level. Contact us on 0031-(0)70 3226091 or send an email to info@taaltaal.nl

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Elementary (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194031592)

English Pre-Intermediate 1 (A2)

week commencing 11 March
€238

Description: English Pre-Intermediate 1 is the first part of our Pre-Intermediate English course. The complete course consists of 3 parts. Some themes are holidays, about family and future plans and dreams.

For whom: This course is meant for students with a sound basic knowledge (A1-A2) of the English language or for students who have already followed our Elementary 3 course.

Result after the course: You are able to talk about future plans using the future tense. You can also make more complex sentences about family relationships. Word order and prepositions of time and place have also been discussed extensively.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 8 weeks: Saturday between 13:00 and 15:00 hrs

If you would like to know what the best course is for you, we can plan an intake to determine your exact level. Contact us on 0031-(0)70 3226091 or send an email to info@taaltaal.nl

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

English File Pre-Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194037419)

English Creative Writing (B2)

week commencing 22 January
€238

Description: This course is intended to elevate your level of English through descriptive writing. During the course you will encounter storytelling, vibrant vocabulary to enhance speaking and writing English on a daily basis.

For whom: This course is designed for Advanced students, who have a B2 to C1 level (or higher). If you are in need of a tailor-made course, then this is the course for you.

Result after the course: After the course you will be able to write expressively and descriptively. This is supposed to bring out the writer in you.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 8 weeks: Tuesday between 18:00 and 20:00 hrs

English Pre-Intermediate 1/RUS (A2)

week commencing 22 January
€238

Description: Курс английского языка в Гааге. Данный курс английского языка предназначен для русскоговорящих студентов, которые говорят на английском языке на базовом уровне. Особенностью данного курса является то, что всё объяснение ведётся на русском языке. Вам не нужно владеть голландским языком, чтобы записаться на данный курс.

For whom: Russian speaking students who wish to get all explanations in Russian.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Saturday between 16:00 and 17:30 hrs

Учебник не входит в стоимость курса, Вам следует приобрести его самостоятельно, например, на сайтах bol.com и intertaal.com. Учебник может быть использован для нескольких курсов.

Lesson method: The book (exclusive) can usually be used for multiple courses. You can easily order via bol.com.

book

New English File Pre-Intermediate Tekstboek €36.00

(ISBN: 9780194384339)

English Intermediate 4/RUS (B1-B2)

week commencing 22 January
€238

Frequency, duration, day and time:  Once a week during 11 weeks: Saturday between 12:00 and 13:30 hrs

Intensive English Course

€975

Description: An intensive course is given privately (for 1 person) and consists of 15 contact hours divided over 1 or 2 weeks, for example 5 consecutive days of 3 hours each. The exact configuration can be discussed with the teacher for best possible results. Please do take into account time needed for self-study and homework.

Frequency, duration, day and time:  flexible

Lesson method: Any lesson method may be used, but as an indication, you can consider one of the following standard books.

book

English File Beginner (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194029803)

book

English File Elementary (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194031592)

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English File Pre-Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194037419)

book

English File Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194035910)

book

English File Upper-Intermediate (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194039697)

book

English File advanced (4th) €48.00

(ISBN: 9780194038355)

Our Philosophy

* Quality education by experienced teachers * Focus on practical results * Lots of conversation * Excellent return on price + time investment * Excursions with teacher and fellow students (on request) * Accelerated courses available *