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Do you want to learn Dutch? With my "natural conversation method" it will be fun and very effective.

• Do you think it is hard to learn a foreign language?
• Do you think Dutch is a particularly hard language to learn?
• Do you see the task as a high mountain to climb?
• Do you think that learning a language is mostly learning
vocabulary and difficult grammar rules by heart, which you
find boring and challenging?
• Do you think the way to learn Dutch is to go to expensive
language schools far from your home, and it will take years
to achieve the intermediate level?
Well, if your answer is ‘yes’ to any of these questions, join the crowd!
You are not alone!
In fact, things are not so grim at all. Read on why ….
The fact that you are reading this means that you know English (to
some extent at the very least). English and Dutch are closely related,
share a lot of vocabulary, and originate from the same language:
German. Dutch also has a lot of vocabulary in common with the
Romance languages, so if you know any of them (Spanish, French,
Italian, Portuguese, or Romanian) you have a huge advantage.
The fact of the matter is that even though Dutch is not the easiest
language, by comparison it is only moderately difficult. Take
pronunciation, for example. Yes, there is the harsh ‘g’ sound which
can be hard for foreigners, but you do not have to get it 100% right
to be understood. Most of you will be happy to be able to
communicate fluently with the Dutch, which in my book means being
able to understand the Dutch and being understood by them - more
or less effortless. For me that is what fluency is all about -
understanding and being understood, not speaking perfectly.
Many people are afraid to make mistakes, but if they themselves
listen to foreigners speaking their native language and understand
what is being said, they do not care at all about any mistakes! Just
imagine this: someone asks you:
“Where train station? You help, please?”
Now obviously there are several mistakes in these two simple
questions, but you get the drift perfectly well, don’t you? If you are
anything like most people, you understand:
the person wants to go somewhere
does not know how to get there
asks you directions
is addressing you in a polite manner (very important!)
So the message comes across at 100%. Now I am not saying that this
level of language mastery is my goal for my students. I have taught
students of all possible levels and aim for the best level they can
achieve given their talent, motivation, and available time. And believe
me or not, but I am just as happy, if not happier, as they are when I
notice progress! Progress fuels motivation like nothing else. And of
the three factors: available time, talent, and motivation the latter is
by far the most important in my opinion.
You might say ‘is discipline and a good teacher not important?’ Yes,
they are important factors too, but if your motivation is very high, you
will not find it hard to practice every day. Daily practice is the key to
learning foreign languages. This is where many people go wrong.
Many people think they will take lessons once or twice a week and
that is it - they will learn the language. Unfortunately that is not the
case. All linguists and language enthusiasts agree on the fact that
daily practice is the key. Actually it is easy to understand. Just think
about this: is there anything at all you can think of that you have been
doing every day for a year or more for at least half an hour that you
find very hard to do? I bet there is nothing you can think of! So that
is the answer right there! Strong motivation makes you practice
every day and makes you listen to people who speak the language
you want to learn with full concentration and attention. So what
method should you choose and how important is a good teacher?
About the method, let me first make one thing perfectly clear: there
is no such as thing as the best method for everyone. Everybody is
different and has different motivations, different talents, and
consequently different preferred learning style. That said, there are a
few things one can conclude from many years of (scientific) study of
language learning and lessons of people who have successfully
learnt many languages. For example it is now known that someone
who studies complete sentences learns five times faster than
someone who studies single words. Five times faster! Another thing
that most linguists and language enthusiasts agree on is not to focus
too much on studying grammar rules. Most native speakers are not
able to explain the grammar rules behind basic concepts of their own
language, yet they (unconsciously) apply these rules perfectly well!
That is not to say grammar rules are useless. I think that sometimes
it can be very beneficial to learn a grammar rule, especially if the rule
is very simple, like the word ‘will’ in English to indicate the future (zal
/ zullen in Dutch). Why is this a good grammar rule to learn? Because
it is so simple, yet very useful and effective, it gives students the
feeling it is perfectly doable to learn the language (and it is!), which
further boosts their motivation. So I teach grammar rules when they
are very simple to understand, yet very effective, and when students
ask for them.
Now what else can be said about the method of learning / teaching a
foreign language? In the free trial class I give I always talk with the
student about what s/he wants, already knows, and how to approach
the learning process. But most students expect the teacher to
suggest a certain method, and I do. My preferred method is to simply
speak with the student about whatever comes to their or my mind.
Usually it starts with getting to know each other: I will ask them where
they come from, what they do, their goals in life, what they like and
dislike, and we take it from there. My advantage is: I have travelled a
lot in my life, studied many subjects, and am interested in even more
subjects, so I am not easily without a thing to say. I am genuinely
interested in people and what makes them tick. Getting to know
people is what makes travelling and life interesting in my opinion,
and what fuels the motivation to learn foreign languages! Most
language enthusiasts are very interested in getting to know new
people and cultures, and this never stops. I never thought to myself
‘now I have talked with so many people, now I know all about people
there is to know and there is no reason to go further along the path
of language learning’. On the contrary, I now speak Dutch, English,
Spanish, Portuguese, and some German and would still love to learn
more languages and get to know more people of cultures I do not
know yet. The human mind is a mysterious thing, and sometimes you
live for years in a country with a different culture from your home
country, but you still do not get the feeling you really understand the
people at a very deep level.
Or … you think you do, but you are not totally sure. Not being sure is
a good thing in my opinion, because when you are sure, learning
stops and you might be (totally) wrong. Of course learning about new
cultures and getting to know new people is not the only reason to
learn foreign languages. For many people the reasons are of
economical nature: they want to work in a certain country and that
requires them to learn the language. There is nothing wrong with
that. Some people only study a foreign language because it happens
to be the language in which most has been written about the subject
they happen to be interested in.
Former Dutch world champion checkers Ton Sijbrands learnt
Russian only for that reason. If you happen to be interested in one
very particular subject, I will just speak about that subject with you!
In fact, this is an excellent method. Because you know so much about
the subject it will be easier to understand what I mean when I talk
about it, and this will further fuel your motivation.
I also have students who prefer a more structural approach. They
want to use a book, with them I use the ‘Delftse Methode’ (Delft is a
famous city in the Netherlands). Perfectly fine with me! When my
class centers around free conversation, I will type everything I say
(as much as I can and is useful for the student) and translate it if
necessary. Reading what you hear makes it so much easier to
understand! I want to teach new language elements as much as
possible each lesson, but at the same time I think I should make that
as easy as possible for the student. There is no use in thinking for a
long time about what something means. That is just a waste of time
and usually diminishes students’ motivation.
In the end it all comes down to this: my lessons are fun, my students
feel relaxed, time flies, and when the lesson is over I check what I
wrote in Word and record it on a MP3 file. That way students can
repeat what they have learnt as many times as they want. I have never
had a student who hears something once and remembers it forever.
Therefore repetition is very important. I teach quite a lot of words and
sentences in an hour (today I typed more than 2000 words during an
one hour class!), but the student has the responsibility to repeat it
during the week, and when they do they can learn very fast.
I have never had a student I did not like and I have never had a
student whom I considered ‘stupid’, whatever that means. Most of
my students are highly educated and highly motivated, just like me,
which is the reason why lessons usually work out great. So to
conclude, since you read all the way to this point, and since the trial
lesson is free, why not add me on Skype (my Skype nickname is
miguelholandes40 ) and email
me at dmsmissaert at gmail dot com to schedule your trial lesson? You
can also watch some videos from former students on the left or read
comments of former students on the right. Happy learning! :)

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