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Academia Neerlandesa · Jávea, Spain

Learn Dutch under the palm trees.

Our school on the Costa Blanca, between Valencia and Alicante. Four months, six days a week, from your first “hallo” to talking with patients.

The school

Founded in 2012 for exactly this.

The Academia Neerlandesa was set up in Jávea to teach Dutch to Southern European professionals who want to work in the Netherlands. More than 450 students from over fourteen countries have studied here.

  • Native Dutch teachersEvery class is taught face to face by an experienced native speaker.
  • Monday to SaturdayAn intensive course of about three to four months, at A1, A2 and B1 level.
  • Free room and mealsEMTG nurses live on campus during the course, at no cost.
  • Dutch culture, tooGrammar, pronunciation and history — and King's Day and Sinterklaas, celebrated in Spain.
  • Close to the airportsAlicante and Valencia are within easy reach for weekends and visits home.

The course, week by week

Hear yourself get there.

Drag through sixteen weeks. Every few weeks there's a new sentence you'll be able to say on a Dutch ward — press play to hear it.

Week1

You can

The white villa of the Academia Neerlandesa with arches and palm trees in Jávea
The main building in Jávea.

Life on campus

Demanding. And the best months of the move.

You study hard, with classmates who are making the same jump. Many of them become your first friends in the Netherlands.

Two students writing in their Dutch workbooks

Students at the Academia Neerlandesa.

Students

“The pace is fast.”

“We have to be here for three months in Jávea to learn Dutch; the pace is very fast but at the same time very good. You finish the course able to manage very well when you get to the Netherlands.”
Jaime, 23
“The teachers are very competent and support us not only in the language but also in understanding Dutch culture.”
Rui, 25
“Here we are many people from many different cultures, and the way they teach us the language is very fun.”
Emanuela, 24
“The routine can be very demanding, but if you think that you're doing it for your future, you are able to face it in the right way.”
Alessandro, 24

Quotes from academianeerlandesa.com, translated. Visit the Academia ↗

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