4. How do you build your Active Vocabulary?
What is the difference between Passive and Active vocabulary? Passive Vocabulary = a summary of all words you understand but do not use in your speaking. You understand…
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5. How do you learn Dutch without studying?
Before I became a teacher, I was a student. Despite that I was a lazy student, I successfully graduated from 2 universities. How do you…
6. What should you not learn?
The Dutch language has 1 million words*. You do not need to know so many words. You will feel fine if you will have approximately…
7. What should be your first strategic goal as a beginner?
Your goal is to start speaking Simple Dutch fast and fluently! Most of the Dutch people around you, are speaking English. They will also reply…
8. Where do you find Dutch people to practice speaking?
Dutch people are busy. Time is money. They do not have 6 seconds of their time waiting for your answer. Your Dutch Response Time (DRT)…
9. How do you avoid the fear and develop your confidence in speaking Dutch?
Why should you make mistakes? Do not expect from yourself to start speaking well without mistakes. You will make plenty of them. Sometime people will…
10. How do you become the manager of your Dutch conversations?
When you try speaking Dutch you will probably get stuck because of different reasons: Your conversation partner is speaking too fast. You do not understand…
11. How do you improve your Dutch speaking?
Why do you need feedback on your speaking? If you do not get any feedback on your speaking, you will probably not know what you…
12. Why should you pay much attention to learning Dutch grammar?
What happens when your Dutch grammar sucks? I used to teach refugees from different countries. Most of them were very lowly educated or not educated…
13. Is Dutch pronunciation difficult?
It really depends on your mother tongue and a palette of sounds (phonemes) you have. Here are some difficult Dutch sounds for: Russians (h,g,v,w) Chinese…
