TESTIMONIALS WEBINARS Elckerlyc International School Leiden MULTILINGUAL FAMILIES – Consultations, Trainings and Workshops Sara & Nadar B. Den Haag My husband and I were concerned about our son who is 2 and barely speaks. We attended Ute’s workshop “Parenting the Bilingual Child” and had a consultation session with Ute, where we analized our situation in detail. […]
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Talks organized by Ute for the British School in the Netherlands
In 2014 I started a Sessions Team at BSN (Family Association), and until June 2018 I invited 23 speakers to hold 43 talks and workshops for the parents and staff members of the British School in the Netherlands (with more than 2180 pupils) on a wide range of topics related to international life. I […]
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Good reads for internationals
Last update 5. 11. 2024. This is an ongoing bibliography with a list of books, sites, films and theatrical productions about expat life, international life, Third Culture Kids etc. (FYI: this list can also be found on my other blog www.expatsincebirth.com) I always welcome titles or recommendations about useful sites. just leave a comment here […]
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Life in the Netherlands from a European perspective
How do foreigners experience and perceive life in the Netherlands? You will mostly find articles and posts from an American or British point of view. – But how do other Europeans perceive life in the Lowlands? What do they think about the food, the weather, the language, the Dutch modesty and the way of traveling […]
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Some thoughts about fluency in language
What does it mean to be “fluent” in a language? What is fluency? There are many different definitions of fluency, so for example it can be “the property of a person or of a system that delivers information quickly and with expertise”, or “the smoothness or flow with which sounds, syllables, words and phrases are […]
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