Studieskolen

On Monday of this week I sat down and took the written/oral test at Studieskolen, the language school that instructs most foreigners in Danish in the Copenhagen/Frederiksberg area. In most cases, this instruction is free -- but for residents of Frederiksberg, such as myself, there's an administrative fee of about $187 per 6-week course. Before the course begins, you have to take an entrance exam, which ensures you'll be placed in the correct level. For unknown reasons I actually placed quite highly, and will start on April 10th at the second-highest level: Module 5.2, Dansk 15-16. They were going to place me in 17-18, but then they realized there's nothing higher than that in case I want to continue with a second 6-week course. So I'll start out in 15-16 and can then continue on to 17-18 for further challenge.

Interestingly enough you can choose between daytime and evening classes. Each covers the same material, but the daytime courses go more slowly, adding up to 80 hours over 6 weeks. The evening courses cram the same material into 40 hours total. My choice may be dictated by my class schedule at Copenhagen University, as I have one class (Testimony from the Welfare State) which meets on Friday at the same time as the Studieskolen classes do.