Articles about learning Danish and student life at IA Sprog language school

September 10, 2018

Use our free courses as a stepping stone to further education

IA Sprog offers a range of free courses in Danish and mathematics. The free courses at IA Sprog fall within the FVU scheme. FVU stands for Forberedende Voksen Undervisning – ‘Preparatory Adult [...]

August 28, 2018

What level of Danish have I reached?

Do you have trouble remembering how far you have come in your Danish language courses? Don’t worry – help is near: We have created a guideline for anyone who wants to evaluate their own level of [...]

August 28, 2018

Language school: Municipal or private?

What is the difference actually? Get an overview with this list of the most important differences between choosing a municipal or a private language school. Previously, learning Danish at the municipal [...]

June 27, 2018

Why choose IA Sprog?

Here are some of the reasons why we think you should keep learning Danish with IA Sprog: IA Sprog focuses on creating the optimal conditions for you to enjoy flexibility but also ‘dive deep’ [...]

June 26, 2018

A little confused? Here are the facts about Danish courses and the future at IA Sprog

The Danish Language Educations have gone through several political changes in 2018. Unfortunately this has left a lot of people a bit confused. We would like to make up for this with a short sum up of the [...]

May 15, 2018

Dialects of Denmark

Is Scandinavian actually one single language? Danish is a Nordic – or North Germanic – language, and its closest relatives are Norwegian and Swedish. In fact, Norwegian and Swedish are so closely related [...]

March 26, 2018

Debate regarding tuition fees for Danish courses

Update June 4, 2018 The draft law concerning tuition fee was adopted today with 76 votes for and 21 against it. Update May 23, 2018 The draft law concerning, among other things, the tuition fee of DKK [...]

March 9, 2018

New conditions for Danish language courses for foreigners in Copenhagen from August 1, 2018

Danish language courses for adult foreigners in the municipality of Copenhagen have been put out to tender. IA Sprog and many other language schools put in their bids for the assignment. Unfortunately, on [...]

Are you ready to handle a job interview in Danish → workshop coming up

February 22, 2018

Help – I’ll never get rid of my accent!

Do not despair. You can score your dream job, even if you speak Danish with an accent! But there are still some things you need to be aware of, if you want to maximize your chances of landing the job. Read [...]

February 1, 2018

Julie pratar svenska – speaking a Scandinavian language as a foreign language

When the teachers at IA Sprog aren’t teaching you inversion or the soft ‘d’, amongst the lot of them they speak quite a number of foreign languages. Some teachers speak languages which are completely [...]

A new consortium within courses in Danish as a second language has been launched

December 15, 2017

Cooperation is the future – IA Sprog and AOF form partnership in the language center area

A new alliance has been established within Danish courses for adult foreigners. It is Denmark’s largest language center, IA Sprog in Copenhagen, who has – in connection with the ongoing licensing round in [...]

December 13, 2017

Christmas in Denmark

Christmas is the most celebrated holiday in Denmark. The Danish word ‘jul’ is derived from the pagan word ‘yul’, which means ‘festivities’. These ‘festivities’ are the [...]

November 21, 2017

We retain our employees with Danish lessons

The company Siteimprove has 33 nationalities gathered under one roof. HR Director Gitte Hemmingsen reveals what she does to attract and retain the right employees. They offer Danish lessons in close [...]

November 8, 2017

About courtesy in Danish and universal rules

When we are being polite, we follow certain linguistic and cultural rules, and we customize them for the particular situation we are in. We usually don’t think about what it is that we do, but when we find [...]

October 20, 2017

IA’s very own grammar book – Basic Danish Grammar for Foreign Learners

In 2017, IA Sprog language school released its very own grammar book for foreign learners. The three authors behind the book are teacher Anne Hilt, department manager and teacher Lise Rifbjerg and [...]

vocational skills and Danish lessons for construction workers.

September 20, 2017

A world of difference: ‘Just another construction worker’ or a trained professional, fluent in Danish?

IA Sprog has initiated a collaboration with the trade union 3f and the labor organization LO regarding Danish lessons and vocational skills for construction workers. The timing is excellent, because the [...]

September 11, 2017

Danish as a second language: Use all resources optimally

Lisbeth Egerod teaches Danish at IA Sprog. She has taught Danish as a second language for over 30 years and knows the typical challenges of the various target groups. She shares her experiences with us and [...]

August 30, 2017

When do we use the comma in Danish?

The comma is a mark we use for punctuation, but this tiny mark can be quite a nuisance, because there are some rules you need to remember in order to be able to place it correctly in Danish. This article [...]