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This intensive foundation course in Dutch is designed for those with no previous knowledge of the language. It is lively and fast-paced, providing students with a wide range of activities, and drawing on an impressive selection of source material from many different media. Audio materials are presented on accompanying CDs, to be purchased separately.
Taking students from beginner to intermediate level in one year, the Routledge Intensive Dutch Course develops a thorough working knowledge of the structures of Dutch and practises the four key skills of language learning: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Guidance for tutors as well as links to related sites is available on the Routledge website.
About the Author
Dennis Strik has extensive experience teaching Dutch at all levels in an academic context (amongst others at University College London) and is co-author of several language books, including Teach Yourself Dutch Grammar. Dennis currently works as a freelance author, translator and language consultant. Gerdi Quist has been a lecturer at University College London since the early 90-ies. Her current research concentrates on intercultural communication and language and culture teaching at university. She has published on the subject in various academic publications, and she co-authored a number of language courses. Christine Sas has extensive experience in Dutch language teaching at various levels, in social, professional and academic contexts. She worked in Antwerp (Belgium) as well as in London (U.K.), where she has lived since 1998. She currently teaches at UCL and at the FCO Language Centre.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Indeed, this is an intensive course and intensive it is . I m still amazed at all the informations that have been crammed inside that textbook.
the best news is, that, even though the book does not provide the answer keys.. you just have to log onto the routledge website, , do a search for the course and you ve got everything you will ever need to study dutch on your own,
answer keys, transcrips of the audio recordings, teaching guide.. and extra materials that will help you consolidate what you ve learn
if you already have a knowledge of dutch (or like me, speak Afrikaans) and are mainly trying to brush up your Dutch or convert your knowledge of Afrikaans into Dutch.... don t look further. This textbook will deliver what you are looking for as well..
Get yourself the audio recording that comes with .. They are very useful for the oral exercises and the numerous texts that have been recorded, giving you the chance to practice your listening and understanding skills
It is indeed an investment BUT you ll be amazed how pleasant the course is to use.. and dutch is NOT that hard anyway
veel success met Uw studies.
the best news is, that, even though the book does not provide the answer keys.. you just have to log onto the routledge website, , do a search for the course and you ve got everything you will ever need to study dutch on your own,
answer keys, transcrips of the audio recordings, teaching guide.. and extra materials that will help you consolidate what you ve learn
if you already have a knowledge of dutch (or like me, speak Afrikaans) and are mainly trying to brush up your Dutch or convert your knowledge of Afrikaans into Dutch.... don t look further. This textbook will deliver what you are looking for as well..
Get yourself the audio recording that comes with .. They are very useful for the oral exercises and the numerous texts that have been recorded, giving you the chance to practice your listening and understanding skills
It is indeed an investment BUT you ll be amazed how pleasant the course is to use.. and dutch is NOT that hard anyway
veel success met Uw studies.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is very complete and helpful, yet,I do not recommend it if you are planning on learning dutch by yourself. It is not a book for self-study; you miss half of the book's excercises which are meant to be done with a partner or a group (it is really a textbook). Additionaly, it is quite important to buy the AUDIO CD's that come along, although not included (and more expensive than the book); again without this audio aids you miss doing many of the excercises proposed by the book.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'd be interested to know how many beginners have managed to learn Dutch using this course. Having already learned French, German, Spanish, and Japanese using the grammatical method, I recently started Dutch using a similar approach in the "Hugo Dutch in Three Months" course.
Seeing the Routledge book in my local library I've now had it by me as a companion to Hugo, but find its approach way inferior to the clear and simple Hugo approach. Unless you have a high IQ and a fantastic memory, you'll find this book hard going since, unlike Hugo, it throws masses of new Dutch at you in a single chapter.
As others here admit, you need an existing knowledge of Dutch to get on with this book. Yet the preface professes to be a course which "starts from scratch" and is "on a par with level B2 of the Common European framework for languages", with a "distinctive approach asking how is language used in particular contexts and why" etc. etc.
Instead of pursuing such lofty goals, a language book needs to ground the student in basics, instead of throwing a mass of new Dutch at the student with each chapter. This may suit the intellectually gifted, but not me, and I do have a gift for languages.
I found the absence of a simple structure, and excessive colloquialism overwhelming, turning with relief to the simplicity & clarity of the Hugo text, which explores a new Dutch structure with each chapter, elaborates on it with a conversational passage & adds several clear and simple DRILLS in order to literally drill it into you.
The drill approach ( "boring", according to its detractors )really does the job well, as I found with Eleanor Harz Jordan's "Beginning Japanese" which set me up well for two years residency in Japan.
The use of repetition & drills of basic elements, is how great tennis players, pianists etc, perfect their art, and it works in language learning also, despite the alternative view that we adults should be "thrown into" in a language like children who are born into the language.
Simplicity and an emphasis on basics have enabled me to pick up four foreign languages, so I'll stick to what works for me - "Hugo Dutch In Three Months" - and use Routledge for picking up useful colloquialisms.
EDIT: Another very useful beginners' text is "Teach Yourself Complete Dutch" which is somewhat unique in that it is less strictly grammatical and more conversational than Hugo Dutch, but strongly emphasises simplicity and repetition too. Very strong, simple approach. Impressive.
Once I've mastered these two, I'll turn to Routledge, as it has a great deal to offer, but only after the basics have been mastered.
Seeing the Routledge book in my local library I've now had it by me as a companion to Hugo, but find its approach way inferior to the clear and simple Hugo approach. Unless you have a high IQ and a fantastic memory, you'll find this book hard going since, unlike Hugo, it throws masses of new Dutch at you in a single chapter.
As others here admit, you need an existing knowledge of Dutch to get on with this book. Yet the preface professes to be a course which "starts from scratch" and is "on a par with level B2 of the Common European framework for languages", with a "distinctive approach asking how is language used in particular contexts and why" etc. etc.
Instead of pursuing such lofty goals, a language book needs to ground the student in basics, instead of throwing a mass of new Dutch at the student with each chapter. This may suit the intellectually gifted, but not me, and I do have a gift for languages.
I found the absence of a simple structure, and excessive colloquialism overwhelming, turning with relief to the simplicity & clarity of the Hugo text, which explores a new Dutch structure with each chapter, elaborates on it with a conversational passage & adds several clear and simple DRILLS in order to literally drill it into you.
The drill approach ( "boring", according to its detractors )really does the job well, as I found with Eleanor Harz Jordan's "Beginning Japanese" which set me up well for two years residency in Japan.
The use of repetition & drills of basic elements, is how great tennis players, pianists etc, perfect their art, and it works in language learning also, despite the alternative view that we adults should be "thrown into" in a language like children who are born into the language.
Simplicity and an emphasis on basics have enabled me to pick up four foreign languages, so I'll stick to what works for me - "Hugo Dutch In Three Months" - and use Routledge for picking up useful colloquialisms.
EDIT: Another very useful beginners' text is "Teach Yourself Complete Dutch" which is somewhat unique in that it is less strictly grammatical and more conversational than Hugo Dutch, but strongly emphasises simplicity and repetition too. Very strong, simple approach. Impressive.
Once I've mastered these two, I'll turn to Routledge, as it has a great deal to offer, but only after the basics have been mastered.
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Dull and difficult
I used this book when on a Dutch course. I already spoke beginners Dutch but found this book very very heavy going and so did my fellow students. Read more
Published 1 month ago by iloveholland
CDs essential for this course
Having learned a little Dutch before, I think this is a great course. The language style used and the subjects covered are bang up to date (unlike some other courses I have... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2009 by B. Coombes
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