Practice your Danish
Here is a list of tips and helpful online sources for learning and practicing Danish language.
Expand your network - speak Danish with the Danes here:
- Chat in Danish – an informal meeting with both Internationals and Danes, focused on practicing Danish
- Sprogcafé at Borgernes Hus - free and informal language café. Find the events via Odense Hovedbiblioteks Facebook page
- Sprogcafeen organized by volunteers at FTS Odense
- Dansk at Vollsmose library – free and informal Danish training at Vollsmose Library
- Café Klosterbakken - help with Danish language and guidance about Danish society
- Language café at Bolbro Brugerhus
- Speak Danish Café - practice Danish, get help with homework; everyday issues; and understanding letters (only for course participants at LærDansk)
- Swap Language - find a language tandem partner in your area
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Danish language group for international children and their parents - a shared learning space for parents and children, with songs, games and books
Helpful online links for learning and practicing Danish:
- www.loecsen.com - compare Danish language with your mother tongue
- www.babbel.com - listen to audio examples and dialogues recorded with real native speakers
- www.elevdelta.dk - learn about grammar and more! Relevant if you have children going to Danish schools.
- www.basby.dk - pronunciation and grammar, i.e. here you can find the list of different verbs in different tense.
- www.fjern-uv.dk - grammar, difficult expressions, interesting crosswords
- www.sprogbutik.dk - a website where you can buy books to learn Danish
- www.pimsleur.com - get to speak right from the first day
- www.danskherognu.dk - vocabulary within working tools, like craftsmen and similar
- www.memrise.com - learn Danish in a fun way
- www.swaplanguage.com - find a tandem partner and exchange languages
- www.udemy.com - 7 weeks course to learn basic vocabulary, grammar and communication skills
- www.onlinedansk.ventures.dk – Danish for all levels
- www.mondlylanguages.com - master the most essential words and phrases
- onlinedansk.ventures.dk - find videos, audio and exercises for all levels
- www.duolingo.com - learn and practice Danish online, have an app with you on your phone!
What else?
- Watch Danish TV - especially programs for children with subtitles
- See popular Danish TV-series (Matador, Rita, Borgen, Krøniken, etc.)
- See cartoons or read comics
- Listen to Danish radio
- Read Danish newspapers, magazines and books
- Listen to audio books
- Organize a reading group with your friends
- Become a volunteer in an association, where you could work in a field you are interested in and have an opportunity to practice Danish at the same time
- Go to a local library and get help to find books, audio books and other practice material
