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This audio cassette is a practical and accessible course in written and spoken Dutch, suitable both for those wishing to improve existing skills and for newcomers to the language. Based on guidelines for language learning set out by the Council of Europe, the cassette enhances aural understanding, and enables the learner to develop and practice practical speaking skills.
About the Author
Gerdi Quist is co-author of the current edition of Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch, Teach Yourself Dutch and Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch Grammar, a native Dutch speaker, and lecturer at University College, London.
Dennis Strik is a part-time lecturer at the University of Kent at Canterbury and part-time post-graduate language assistant at University College, London. His previous publications include Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch Grammar, Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch Grammar, Dutch on the move (Hugo) and Just enough Dutch (Hugo). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is up-to-date and very useful if you want to know casual Dutch. It starts off pretty simple with the basics and then progresses through various useful topics, such as talking about yourself, shopping, talking about jobs, talking about computers and even your mobile phone! This book teaches essential grammar along the way, as well as useful words and ways to make you sound more native. it even has some helpful hints about Dutch culture.
If you have read Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch or the old version of this book and thought they were pretty poor, then this book IS better. It really is because I thought those others were not so good.
If you have read Teach Yourself Beginner's Dutch or the old version of this book and thought they were pretty poor, then this book IS better. It really is because I thought those others were not so good.
To some up the book: it's really useful for real-life situations and written in a relatively amusing and simple way.
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'll keep this short as it need only be short. I wanted to learn Dutch from scratch. I had no experience with Germanic languages and so was at the mercy of this book to guide me, and it has done exactly that. It is an excellent book in all respects : the content is useful, practical and realistic, the grammar is introduced constantly at the right pace and with clear explanation, the vocabulary is extensive and not always confined to turgid and overdone topics as in other books (not always, I emphasise, there is always an element of this whatever book you choose) and finally the presentation is excellent.
6 months after I purchased this and worked through half of it, I went to the Netherlands and was shocked at how much of the book was actually useful in real life - that is the real bonus of this book. You will absolutely find it useful in reality, as well as catering for reading original texts such as the Diary of Anne Frank in its native Dutch (only after you've completed it all thoroughly for that, though!) It will get you to beyond GCSE at whatever pace you want. However, experienced with languages or not, this book is excellent. Buy it and for a few months of study you can enjoy the language and culture of the Low Countries forever!
6 months after I purchased this and worked through half of it, I went to the Netherlands and was shocked at how much of the book was actually useful in real life - that is the real bonus of this book. You will absolutely find it useful in reality, as well as catering for reading original texts such as the Diary of Anne Frank in its native Dutch (only after you've completed it all thoroughly for that, though!) It will get you to beyond GCSE at whatever pace you want. However, experienced with languages or not, this book is excellent. Buy it and for a few months of study you can enjoy the language and culture of the Low Countries forever!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great combination of book and CD. I play the CD in the car and use the book to back up understanding. Very useful everyday Dutch - converstaions around shopping, where you live, eating and drinking. I have been using it for a month now and phrases are sticking in my head and I am beginning to construct my own sentences. I think having a little knowledge of German has helped. Highly reccomended!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
audio tape instead of CD!
Good and easy learning methode for those who wish to start learning dutch at home at their own pace. Read more
Published 7 months ago by lovebird
Dutch Teach yourself book/ cd
Very useful teach - yourself package and we have used many over the years so can recommend it as a good purchase.
Published 23 months ago by Mrs. Thelma C. Simpson
Does what it says
This is the edition WITH a cd - I don't recommend getting the one without, as you really need to hear what Dutch sounds like. Read more
Published on 6 April 2010 by S. Dickens
Clear, concise & easy to take in
I found that this course is not too daunting, it eases you in with clear, concise instructions and exercises. Highly recommended!
Published on 14 Nov 2009 by Veritas
brilliant product - can't fault it
I moved to the Netherlands several months ago without knowing a single word of Dutch, and this book/CD package was the first thing I bought myself to try to learn the language. Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by Plinky Plonk
Can't get into it
I don't know if its the style of the CD and book or the language itself but I simply can't grasp this - yet I am fine with other, similar languages.
Published on 18 Mar 2009 by Mr. P. A. Mitchell
Excellent!
This book is up-to-date and very useful if you want to know casual Dutch. It starts off pretty simple with the basics and then progresses through various useful topics, such as... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2003 by donald duck
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