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Dr. Melissa Lucas has taught Danish to community members in Seattle for 19 years at the Scandinavian Language Institute, and taught Danish to students at the University of Washington for 5 years. She noticed that the inquiries received from those venues tend to fall into 3 broad categories:
Classes
Where can I take Danish lessons if a university course is not an option?
Translations
Can you translate these Danish _______
family letters and documents?
academic resources/historical records?
memoirs and (auto)biographies?
books/articles?
Information
How do I get a Danish _____
work/study visa?
residence permit?
room/house/apartment?
Melissa started Let's Dansk to address these inquiries and more. On this website you can find online Danish classes, translation services, and information about Denmark and the Danish Language.
Melissa Lucas
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Melissa was born in the US, but lived in Denmark as a college student in a total-immersion environment, and later studied at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Aarhus while doing research for her PhD. She holds Master's degrees in Speech Pathology and Linguistics, and a PhD in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Washington. Her hobbies include pottery, co-op board-gaming, and reading grammar books at night when she should be sleeping.
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