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Professional Dutch Teacher with 6 Years' Experience Helps You to Learn Dutch Fast!
Professional Dutch Teacher with 6 Years' Experience Helps You to Learn Dutch Fast!
Learn Dutch with me! Dutch people will no longer reply in English when you try to speak Dutch with them!
I let you speak and write the language yourself as much as possible so that your active vocabulary grows quickly. After all, active vocabulary is much better than passive vocabulary!
I pay close attention to the balance between fun and learning.
I prefer to adapt my lessons to you, as spontaneously as possible. However, I always have material (and a book) to fall back on for each lesson. We always start with a homework discussion.
The class lasts 50 minutes - an ideal time span for optimal concentration!
Each Class Consists of Three Parts
Each Class Consists of Three Parts
First, we discuss the homework (I quiz you about sentences, vocabulary, and grammar from the previous class, and we look at the grammar exercise you had to do).
Second, we look at a new grammar topic. I explain it, I give examples and I let you apply the new grammar.
Third, we read a text appropriate for your Dutch level. We read it out together to improve your pronunciation, then we find new words you don’t know yet, we translate the text and then I ask you questions about the next.
This gives you the opportunity to practice free speaking. In the beginning, I write the questions down before I ask them, but later on, I will only say them, to improve your listening comprehension. Also, at the beginning, you can just read out the answers from the text, but later on, as you advance, I will require you to make full sentences.
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Grammar versus Conversational
Grammar versus Conversational
If Dutch is new to you, we will be doing a lot of grammar. Intermediate and Advanced Students sometimes prefer to do more conversational grammar. In that case, we only do grammar in case of frequent mistakes made by the individual student.
It is important to me that you as a student know that I have more than enough grammar topics at my disposal. Here is a list of some of the grammar topics that I teach. Some are based on the normal grammar taught to new Dutch learners, many other topics are inspired by frequent questions by my students.
List of Grammar Topics
List of Grammar Topics
1. Adjectives: with or without -e?
2. Conjugation of zijn, hebben, and other regular verbs in the present
3. Long and Short Vowels
4. How to Form Questions & Question Words
5. Comparatives and Superlatives
6. Veel & Heel
7. Pronunciation: Common Mistakes & Tongue Twisters for Foreigners
8. Er is & Er zijn
9. Three other types of “Er”
10. Present Perfect (Theory)
11. Most Common Participles (4 classes)
12. Inversion (Adverbs and Objects)
13. Modal Verbs (Present & Simple Past)
14. Niet & Geen; Niet & Word Order
15. Personal Pronouns & Emphasis
16. Reflexive Verbs
17. Three Types of Future
18. Om Te
19. Verbs with Te
20. Toen, Wanneer/Als: How to say “When/If” in Dutch
21. Alleen/Maar/Pas
22. Aan Het: Basic Present Continuous
23. Present Continuous with Positional Verbs
24. Subclauses
25. Conjunctions and Word Order
26. Demonstrative Pronouns and Use in Sentences
27. Emotions: Vocabulary
28. Zou: Flexible Conditional
29. Different Kinds of Imperatives
30. Kennen & Weten
31. Examples of “Nice”: leuk, lekker, mooi, gezellig (Application)
32. Separable Verbs: Theory
33. List of Separable Verbs (Practice; 3 classes)
34. Verbs with Prepositions (4 classes)
35. Indirect Objects and (Non)Specific Direct Objects
36. Before and After
37. Aandoen & Uitdoen
38. Hard & Zacht
39. Abbreviations
40. Action Words & Positions
41. Eindelijk & Uiteindelijk
42. Different Types of Hoeven
43. Passive in all Tenses
44. Liggen & liegen & neerleggen
45. Catch Phrases
46. Zo vs. Dus
47. Different Use of Perfectum and Imperfectum
48. Alleen, Maar, Nog, Steeds, etc.
49. U = 2nd or 3rd Person Singular?
50. How to Describe Amounts of Time
51. Them: Hun, Hen & Ze
52. Order of Adjectives
53. Singular quantities
54. Lijken vs. Blijken
55. Inseparable Verbs with Prefixes
56. Er, Hier, Daar, Waar, Ergens, Nergens, Overal with Prepositions
57. Adverbs of Frecuency (nooit, altijd, soms, etc.)
58. Possessive S
59. Order of Adjectives
60. Different Words for “to Meet”
And more!
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Price
Price
I charge 25 euros per class (this includes all the material and homework).
The first class is try-before-you-buy: You only pay if you want to continue.
If after the first class, you decide you are not ready to continue, then you won't be charged for the class.
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About Christiaan
About Christiaan
Countries where I have lived:
Countries where I have lived:
Netherlands
Germany
Japan
Mexico
Spain
Interests:
Interests:
Learning Languages (currently learning Latin)
History in combination with Psychology
Language & Etymology related to History
Physical Exercise, Martial Arts & Self-Defense
International Cuisine (European, Latin-American, Oriental; still working on my experience of African Cuisine)
Writing
Historical Movies
Swimming; Going for Walks in Madrid (where I live)
I love Dogs :)
Languages I speak:
Languages I speak:
Dutch (native)
English (fluent)
German (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
French (basic)
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