Icelandic for foreigners
We offer courses in day school and you need to make an application through www.menntagatt.is between the end of April and beginning of June - and in the month of November for the spring term. Our courses aim at students who wish to obtain enough language proficiency in Icelandic to continue their upper secondary education in the Icelandic school system. We encourage our students to supplement the language classes with other classes depending on ability and interest. Those could for example be Maths, Sports and English to begin with.
We accept ages 16-20 but younger students get preference. We offer 12 seats for beginners (A) per term in this one-year programme. We only offer seats for (B) in case of vacancies. Students who start our beginner´s programme (A) get preference to enter (B).
A. For beginners we offer an intensive course of 12 hours of on location classes per week. We offer three subjects all aimed at improving language skills in Icelandic. Those are Icelandic language, spoken Icelandic and Icelandic social skills. By passing this course you will get a certificate and up to 15 credits (feiningar) for upper secondary education.
B. For students who already know the absolute basics we offer an intensive course of 12 hours of on location classes per week. We offer three subjects all aimed at improving language skills in Icelandic. Those are Icelandic language, spoken Icelandic and Icelandic immersion. Pre-course requirements: 220 hours of Icelandic courses or passing an interview and a test, showing similar knowledge to those who have finished our beginner’s course at A1 level. Students can use the Europass grid (see link) to self-evaluate. Note that you can google Europass in all the European languages. By passing this course you will get a certificate and up to 15 credits (feiningar) for upper secondary education.
Applicants come for a short interview prior to school start. They receive an e-mail with the time and location after registration.
We only offer on location classes. Each term is 16 weeks.
