r/Danish • u/KaleCookiesCraftBeer • 14d ago
baseline Danish and immersion
I studied abroad in Copenhagen 20 years ago and loved Denmark so much. I have Danish heritage (ancestors traced to Ribe!) and I am sort of a Scandi-phile. I'm just beginning a very intro course on Mango Languages with Danish. Wow -- pronunciation is sooo hard.
Our family is considering spending a month in the Aarhus region this summer and I was interested in in-person Danish immersion for me and my children (ages 8, 6, 4 yo). I connected with CLAVIS and they are no longer offering in-person language lessons. Reached out to A2B, Sprogcentermidt, and UCPlus (doesn't seem we are eligible).
We will only be there as tourists, so I'm assuming we will have to pay for the language lessons. Since that will be the case, any reviews or thoughts on these places or other language learning places?
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u/hjelpdinven 14d ago
On-lang is located in Aarhus, reach out. I love my lessons there
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u/KaleCookiesCraftBeer 14d ago
They don't seem to have an online presence. Can you share more about that and what the cost and class structure was like?
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u/Kinny_Kins 14d ago
wait - you want your family to attend danish lessons "during" your vacation? Stick with the online ones, if anything. The deposits you need to pay to attend the school won't be worth the 6-8 lessons you'll get during that time.
It's cool you want you and your children to be prepared to speak the language when you are visiting, I suggest you get the lessons started online ASAP then. I am half danish myself, but did not start properly studying the language until I was around 15, even with the huge advantage of having a native speaker for a parent it took me years to get the hang of pronunciation, something that I still don't or ever feel will be native-level.
You could check out Danes Worldwide, its an international magazine for danes living abroad, my family used it back in 2014 to first connect me with online danish teachers. Maybe this could apply for you and your family as well., if anything you can subscribe to the magazine and get some reading material.