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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Wege zum Abschied
“Wir ziehen um…”damit fängt es meistens an. Wenn Freunde uns erzählen, dass sie bald wegziehen, dass unsere gemeinsame Zeit bald ein Ende haben wird. Und wir fangen an uns auf den Abschied, das “letzte Mal…(gemeinsam Kaffee trinken/ ausgehen / einen Ausflug machen /treffen…)” vorzubereiten. Je mehr Zeit wir haben, umso mehr Energie können wir […]
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Can adults acquire a language the same way as children?
Have you ever wondered why most of the language lessons for adults are based on learning grammar? Couldn’t adults learn (or acquire) a language in a more natural way, like children? When adults learn a new language, they usually try to find their way through a myriad of grammar rules and patterns because most of […]
Continue readingWhere do internationally mobile students go to study ?
Where do internationally mobile students go to study? Where do they come from? The UIS (Unesco Institute for Statistics) shows statistics about the mobile students around the world. In 2012, at least 4 million students went abroad to study, up from 2 million in 2000, representing 1.8% of all tertiary enrolments or 2 in […]
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