Dutch and English share a lot of words, but watch out for false friends. These are words that look similar in both languages, ...

Universities in the Netherlands will have a legal duty of care for their international students’ Dutch language proficiency under controversial proposed legislation designed to deal with a rapid ...

Whenever Esmée van der Hoeven’s students learn that she teaches Dutch language at both Stanford and UC Berkeley, the inevitable follow up question is: “Which school do you like more?” “I always answer ...

Let’s face it. When learning Dutch—whether you’re a beginner or more advanced verb conjugator—we can all use a little extra motivation. Enter Taalthuis, the Dutch language school that offers ...

For many people, their wedding day is one of the most beautiful days of their lives. That's why in this episode, Joyce ...

The Flemish Government has announced a new initiative to boost the teaching of Dutch as second language for adults. The ‘Nederlands werkt!’ (Dutch Works) initiative contains a total of 8 concreate ...

The Scottish accent is known for being one of the hardest in the world to understand. Whether it's rolling your 'R's speaking in harsher, guttural sounds, or using too much slang, we can certainly ...

This study reports on the impact of 11 West European first languages on the acquisition of Dutch. Using data from nearly 6,000 secondlanguage learners, it was found that the mother tongue had a rather ...