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Colloquial Dutch: The Complete Course for Beginners (Colloquial Series) [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by B.C. Donaldson (Author)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Routledge; Pap/Com/Ca edition (12 Sep 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0415130883
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415130882
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.8 x 5.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 936,688 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Colloquial Dutch is user ffriendly with step by step help. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Dutch.

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!Does just what it says on the cover!!!, 6 Mar 2001
By A Customer
Unlike some other phrase books, which give you the basics and build you in step by step with some impractical nonsense, which you can't use in the Flemish speaking regions of Belgium/Holland, the author DOES break you in gently, but has practical'role play' type dialogues in each chapter, with a concise grammar section at the end, with little exercises and very quirky little culture points related to the chapter.So much so, that an Amsterdam girl who I was on a volunteering programme with last summer said,' I think you know more about Holland than I do!,' when I hadn't even set foot in the country by that stage. It really does live up to it's title, as Bruce Donaldson adds little subnotes to words, explaining its' use in everyday conversation, that you wouldn't find in 'standard' textbooks. A Dutch-English/English-Dutch index at the back for little things you may have forgotten!!!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars pretty darn good., 9 Oct 2000
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Unlike some others in this series that I have seen, the learning curve is not too steep in this book. Both new vocabulary and grammar are introduced steadily. The units are comprised of several short dialogues, each followed by the new vocab. and gammar and after some, exercises. This layout makes the book easy to pick up and have a quick session whenever you have some free time. It's also quite fun to do, some of the exercises take the form of puzzles, and there is some interesting info on culture, which is written quite humourously in places. This is an excellent alternative to 'dutch in three months' if you don't fancy a grammar based approach.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant!, 22 April 2006
By Ms. S. M. Kerr (wales) - See all my reviews
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I got this book because i had a lot of success using the Icelandic textbook of the same series.
I wasn't disappointed.

Excellent dutch-english and english-dutch vocab/dictionary at the back, as well as a very clear grammar key, and an extensive list of dutch verbs.

The exercises follow very well on from each other, and are highly conducive to learning. The culture points engage the reader well, sometimes it's easy to get lost in the fact you're learning to speak the language. You're really encouraged to get to know not only the language but the people and ways of life. It does this without being stereotypical or pedantic towards the dutch which i also found admirable.

I am trying to think of a fault with the book and it's very hard! It's so clear and straightforward. Perhaps I am judging the difficulty in relation to my experience of icelandic, which is grammatically much harder, but i would still say it is very easy to follow.

I think my only criticism would be that occasionally, some rules are not introduced softly enough. The first chapter deals with how to form 'i do, you do, she does he does...etc' sentences, which is straightforward enough but some of the spelling/vowel changes which are necessary to do this are in my opinion a bit poorly explained. I think the author has done the best they can on this aspect, it is one of those points in languages you just have to learn after you get a feel of it.

I would definitely reccommend this book to anyone wanting to learn dutch, especially if they also want to know more about the culture.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Depends what you want this for....
I've just moved my boat to Holland and am spending my holidays there - and so need to learn some basic Dutch. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Listener

2.0 out of 5 stars Not enough
Once again a course from Routledge that is all but destroyed by a very common error. No wordlists.

For some reason, quite a few of the authors in the Colloquial... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Gwilym

5.0 out of 5 stars Clear and to the point.
This is a book which teaches you Dutch as it is spoken, not classroom Dutch. The diction of the speakers recorded on the accompanying cassettes/CDs is crystal clear, enabling the... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2005 by grschinon

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