Welcome to Sprogcenter Aalborg’s
(Aalborg Language School)
educational offers:
Danish courses
Sprogcenter Aalborg is a place where foreigners
meet in an intercultural and professional teaching
environment to learn Danish and to gain an understanding of Danish culture and society.
Sprogcenter Aalborg provides Danish courses,
which are structured around the individual student’s educational background:
Sprogcenter Aalborg offers two kinds of Danish
courses
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Work-related Danish courses

Ordinary Danish courses
Work-related Danish courses are offered to
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All foreign workers and their accompanying spouse

Foreign students

Au-pairs
Ordinary Danish courses are offered to
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
Family reunion members
Refugees
Sprogcenter Aalborg offers both courses and
they are both structured around the individual
students educational background
Work-related Danish courses
Students who attend work-related Danish courses at
Sprogcenter Aalborg will attend the same Danish
course for beginners as the students who are referred to ordinary Danish courses.
Students both categories will be taught work-related
Danish
Students who are referred to work-related Danish
courses will be offered a 250 lessons Danish course.
The course must be completed within 1½ year after
commencement. This counts for students who are
referred to work-related Danish courses from January 1.th 2014
After the 250 lessons the student`s knowledge of
Danish will be tested through a relevant test provided
by the language school.
If the student wants to continue Danish courses after
the 250 lessons course he/she is allowed to continue
the ordinary Danish courses. The test be used to
place the student on the level they are qualified to
participate in. The student is allowed to continue ordinary Danish courses and conclude with a statecontrolled final exam within 3 years timeframe after
commencement .
Referral to Danish courses
Foreigners who have a Danish cpr number must
obtain a referral for work-related Danish courses
at the municipality and if the student wants to continue learning Danish after the 250 lessons
course, the student needs a new referral for the
Ordinary Danish courses.
Family reunion members and refugees must also
obtain a referral for the Ordinary Danish courses
from the municipality. In this case it is the language school who evaluates and refers the student for modultest and the final examination of
Danish.
Some students can expect to complete their Danish education in 1½ year ,while others will need
considerable longer time to complete their Danish
education. To obtain a referral for Danish classes
a prospective student must contact the
“kommune” ( council/municipality) in which they
reside.
In Aalborg Kommune the referral is obtained
through Jobcenter Integration, Kastetvej 26, tlf: 99
31 58 01. Jobcenter Integration holds information
sessions every Tuesday at 9.30 am and again on
Thursday at 3.15 pm. This provides an opportunity
to apply for a referral for Danish classes at Sprogcenter Aalborg. Please remember to bring copy of
registration papers / residence permit.
Ordinary Danish courses
Commencement
The ordinary Danish courses are intended for family reunion members and refugees .There are 3 courses,
all divided into 6 modules. Each module consisting of
a certain number of lessons concluding with a test.
The period from obtaining a referral, to the interview at Sprogcentret, to commencing classes will
normally be between one to an (maximum) four
weeks. Classes are continually starting throughout
the year on a per need basis.
Classes are planned on a flexible schedule to allow, the student to combine their Danish education with work or other study.
Daytime classes are typically offered 4 days a
week with a morning class starting at 8.30 am to
11.45 am, or an afternoon class from 12.15 am to
3.30 pm.
Evening classes are offered twice from 4.30 pm to
6.30 pm or 7.00 pm to 9.00 pm
The right to these Danish courses lasts for up til 5
years for students who have obtained a referral after
January 1. 2014. However this does not mean that
the student is provided more lessons on each level ,
but it gives the student better possibilities to complete
the course with acceptable breakes.
State-controlled final exams are held annually in May/
June and November/December.
State-controlled final exams are held annually in
May/June and November/December.
Anyone who is completing independent Danish
language study is able to attend the final Danish
exam. To do so, you must register and pay the
test in the beginning of March or in the beginning
of September at Sprogcenter Aalborg’s administration
Other Services Offered
at Sprogcenter Aalborg
Studiecentret is the Language School’s open
learning environment where students can work
independently with their Danish as well as having
access to a Studiecenter teacher. Studiecentret is
open daily from 8.30 am to 2.30 pm (except Tuesday) and again from 5.30 pm to 8.30 pm (except
Friday). This provides a space where students can
work with educational computer programs, pronunciation and grammar exercises, borrow books,
tapes and DVD’s, read the daily papers, use the
internet and other activities that can help to
strengthen Danish language skills and expand
knowledge about Danish society.
FVU – Forberedende Voksen Undervisning
(preparational adult education) is offered to foreigners who typically have concluded the tree year
Danish language education entitlement but who
need to upgrade their Danish reading and writing
competencies. This offer is typically 2 1/2 lessons
a week and is free of charge for all students, regardless of which kommune (council) one resides
in. Please contact the Sprogcenter Aalborg for
further information.
The naturalization test is held twice a year at Sprogcenter Aalborg. Please contact Sprogcenter Aalborg’s
administration for further information, enrolment and
payment of test fees.
FOR
Sprogcenter Aalborg is a public language centre
under Aalborg Kommune’s Department of Families
and Employment. Sprogcentret teaches more than
1300 students annually, from which more than 100
nationalities are represented. Sprogcentret also provides a variety of educational solutions to Aalborg
Kommune, other councils and private businesses.
Sprogcentret employs around 50 people, many of
whom have contributed professionally for more than 20
years to the development of Danish as a Second Language programs for adult foreigners.
Further information can be found at Sprogcenter Aalborg’s website: www.sprogcenteraalborg.dk
Sprogcenter Aalborg is located in central Aalborg. The
postal address is Strandvejen 35 B, while the main
entrance is on Strandvejen, close to the railway, however there is also an entrance from the courtyard of
Kastetvej 26. This is where new students should go to
the 1st floor for their initial interview.
Office hours
Manday—Thursday
8.30 - 15.30
Friday
8.30 - 13.00
Familie– og Beskæftigelsesforvaltningen
Sprogcenter Aalborg
Strandvejen 35 B Tlf. 9931 5810
9000 Aalborg
[email protected]
Opdateret 21-03-2014
DANISH
www.sprogcenteraalborg.dk
FOREIGNERS