Student life
Here you will find inspiring articles about learning Danish - about living, studying and working in Denmark. You can also read about our students and their experiences learning Danish.
Articles
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May 24, 2019
’Whaaat! We have to learn Danish by heart???’
If you’re trying to figure out how to learn Danish, you might find inspiration in Elodie’s story. According to her own account, she has been resisting to learn Danish for years. But recently she discovered [...]
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May 15, 2019
Danish language classes in the summer 2019
If you have time to focus on Danish classes during the summer, our Danish summer courses may be the perfect option for you. You can complete a whole level in July! Our Fast-Track Summer Courses are quite [...]
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May 7, 2019
No more free Danish classes. What now?
Here is some background. Until August 2018 foreign nationals in Denmark were offered Danish classes free of charge in the public language centers. This only required a Danish personal registration number [...]
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Meet our students
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November 16, 2017
My ambition is to become a politician in Folketinget
Hari Neupane lives in Nordvest where he has passed Danish Language Exam 3 at IA Sprog. Now he is running for a seat in the City Council of Copenhagen. His key issues are integration, sustainability and [...]
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October 26, 2018
IA Sprog has taken away the laziness
Meet Ilenia Bellucci from Tuscany. She has learned Danish at her workplace along with a group of colleagues. And she thinks the convenience of not having to cross the city come snow or rain in order to [...]
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October 19, 2017
Copenhagen viewed through the tip of a pencil
Copenhagen is a city that holds many things. It has nature, water and fascinating buildings. Portuguese João Albergaria captures all these things. He captures them through his sketches. João is 48 years [...]
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August 21, 2017
Better late than never
Nearly 8 years went by before Sabina began attending a language course in Denmark. Before that she spoke no Danish at all. But then she wanted to get at it – better late than never. Sabina had been busy [...]
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July 21, 2017
Steel fitter and student at the IA Sprog metro team
Carlos is a little nervous. Why do IA Sprog want to do an article about him? We do, because Carlos has learned a lot of Danish in a short time in spite of having only brief schooling. Carlos follows Danish [...]
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June 8, 2017
I am the president of IA Sprogs student council
My name is Sandra Bulotaitė. I am 36 years old, and I was born in Lithuania in a small town by the name of Mažeikiai. My native language is Lithuanian. I came to Denmark 4 years ago, and I now live in [...]
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February 18, 2017
A master’s degree in Denmark, yes, please
Merlijn de Rijcke from Belgium has spent six months as a bachelor exchange student in Denmark and also attended IA Sprog’s Danish classes at Metropolitan University College. Now the six months have [...]
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January 21, 2017
From noisy samba to quiet snowfall
“It was like being a baby learning how to make sounds.” That is how 37 year old Brazilian Paulo Castro describes what it was like to start his Danish lessons. Paulo came to Denmark in 2009 and [...]
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October 17, 2015
Why don’t we bake a cake and dress up like foxes?
They met during Danish lessons at CBS – now they’re partners in a successful business. Meet Brini and Theresa, who – along with their three friends Antje, Katrin and Martje – are the young executives of [...]
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October 17, 2015
My boss believes in me
She started out distributing supermarket fliers – now she dreams of working as a researcher in Denmark. Meet Farnoosh Goodarzi, a chemical engineer with a Masters degree in nanotechnology from Teheran [...]
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October 17, 2015
One of the best things was speaking Danish at a job interview
Sunilkumar Puppala from India knew it was very important to be good at Danish, and that’s why he enrolled as a student in Danish Language Course 2 at IA Sprog in September 2012. ”It’s fun to learn Danish, [...]
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