|
 |
Dutch materials | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Specific Languages |  | |
| arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5270 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes  Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English | Message 1 of 5 28 June 2010 at 8:59am | IP Logged |
|
Hello, fellow language learners.
So I have studied English for 8 years and German for 6 years. I am quite fluent in English, but not so much in German, although I know a lot of words, I understand the written text for about 95 % with the exception of some words, and when I'm listening to people I understand too. So I thought that if I'm very good at English and quite good at German, why not learn Dutch, because it is so closely related to English and German. I know there a lot of topics here about Dutch, but you know this forum is big and it could take days to find really useful topic about Dutch. So here I will ask for opinions where are the best places online to search information on: - Grammar - Simple texts for beginners (and later also for intermediate and even advanced) - Audio materials (it would be great if there were texts to read along while listening) I would like to hear tips on learning the language from advanced Dutch learners and native speakers, because we all know that every language has it's difficulties for non-native learners. Hoping for some good answers. Thank you. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| staf250 Pentaglot Senior Member Belgium emmerick.be Joined 5696 days ago 352 posts - 414 votes Speaks: French, Dutch*, Italian, English, German Studies: Arabic (Written) | Message 2 of 5 28 June 2010 at 10:03am | IP Logged |
|
Maybe this will giving you some help:
http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=18803&PN=0&TPN=1 You're Welcome Edit: andhis: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=7401&get=last#162310 Edited by staf250 on 28 June 2010 at 10:13am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Vos Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 5565 days ago 766 posts - 1020 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Dutch, Polish | Message 3 of 5 28 June 2010 at 1:46pm | IP Logged |
|
Hello Arturs, I've been learning Dutch for some time now and here are a few websites and learning materials
which I've found to be quite useful. As far as Dutch basics goes, I'd highly recommend the Colloquial Dutch book. Go through that once and you'll be on good grounds. Might also be quite useful for you in pointing out what the differences are between Dutch and German. Now for some online sources: This website is great for grammatical explanations and exercises. Everything is explained in Dutch though, so maybe one for the intermediate level. Taalblad This site has some Dutch videos which have English and Dutch subtitles simultaneously. Good for listening comprehension. 2BDutch This is just a great site for improving ones vocabulary. Plenty of sample sentences just waiting for Anki. Dutch Word Of The Day Here's a site with quite a bit of information on everything grammar. Dutch Grammar And lastly here is a site with some Audio books in Dutch. title=&author=&cat=&genre=&status=all&type=&language=Dutch&d ate=&reader=&bc=&mc=&action=Search">Li brivox If you are after a few more resources, have a quick look through my log. I've posted quite a few links there over the past months. All the best and good luck with your Dutch. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| arturs Triglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 5270 days ago 278 posts - 408 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian, English | Message 4 of 5 28 June 2010 at 3:28pm | IP Logged |
|
Thank you very much, staf250 and Vos. I think your suggested materials are going to be good for a start! :)
1 person has voted this message useful | |
| bushwick Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 6243 days ago 407 posts - 443 votes Speaks: German, Croatian*, English, Dutch Studies: French, Japanese | Message 5 of 5 29 June 2010 at 5:08pm | IP Logged |
|
Michel Thomas Dutch, both the foundation and advanced course.
Coming from English and German, Dutch grammar can be confusing (that is, word order can change slightly, so you can be understood but it would only sound peculiar) and the MT course will give you a very good grounding in the basic structures of it. After that it becomes a matter of internalizing vocabulary. 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
