The Science Of Dutch Fluency: Linguistic Transfer And Language Acquisition
Why the Staatsexamen Programma II is the Only Objective Proof of high-Level Dutch Competence
The “Glass Ceiling” of Self-Taught Grammar and its Impact on Leadership
The Role of Evening Courses in Maintaining Professional Momentum While Studying
Learning Dutch: 25 Years of Experience in NT2 Training is More Valuable Than the Newest Textbook
Why Professionals in the Netherlands Cannot Afford the Errors That Self-Study Often Cements
The “Opportunity Cost” of Slow Language Acquisition in the Dutch Job Market
Why the 90% Success Rate of a Dutch Course Beats the High “drop-out” Rate of Self-Study
“Passive Vocabulary” vs “Active Fluency” in Dutch
Why Training “Nederlands in de praktijk” is the #1 Tool for Employee Retention
How the Choice of Verbs and Address Forms (u/je) Reflects Dutch Workplace Values
“The 5 Minutes Before the Meeting”: How Dutch Pronunciation Unlocks Social Integration
The Science of Intelligibility: Which Dutch Sounds Actually Matter for Clarity?
The ROI of 25 years of Expert NT2 Dutch Language Instruction in Eliminating Persistent Errors
Shifting from Dutch “survival grammar” to “persuasive grammar” in the Netherlands
Going a Step Beyond
The Grammar of Directness: Navigating The Dutch Workplace Hierarchy through Language
Are there obvious levels?
Phonetic Presence in the Netherlands: Why Dutch Language Intelligibility Trumps Perfection
Why is simply being understood more important?
Beyond the Inbox in the Netherlands: Mastering Persuasive Dutch Writing for Decision-Makers
How Your Writing Level Impacts Your Office Experience
The Cost of ‘Almost Correct’: Why Professional Dutch Grammar is a Career Multiplier in the Netherlands
How Can Speaking Dutch Correctly Launch Your Career To New Highs
The New Standard of Learning Dutch: Why B1 is not the Finish Line
Why Standards For Your Career In The Netherlands Are Raising and How To Meet Them
Learning Dutch Fast: Intensity Leads to Higher Success Rates
Comfortable and Familiar Doesn’t Always Equal Results. So What Does?
The Case for the Hard Start: A Dutch Intensive Course is Your Best Defense Against Language Fatigue
Language Fatigue Can Halt Your Progress. What’s The Cure?
Fast Track to Speaking Dutch: Why “Easy” Dutch Language Apps Fail Highly-Educated Learners
Will The Latest ‘Fun’ Language App Get Me To My Goals?
How “Hidden” Office Decisions Happen in Dutch (And Why You Need a Dutch Intensive Course)
What’s Being Unspoken That You Need To Understand?
The Correlation Between Dutch Intensive Learning and Faster Local Integration/Promotion in the Netherlands
How Can I Integrate Faster?
Expats In The Netherlands: Improve Your Dutch by Popping The Bubble
Is My Attachment To The Expat Community Holding Me Back?
Dutch Fluency: The Cognitive Shift Required to move from “Survival” Dutch to “Professional” Dutch
Where on B1 plateau are you? In the center or on the edge?
An Intensive Dutch Course: The 10-15 Hour Weekly Commitment as a Scientific Necessity for Dutch Fluency
How much Dutch are you retaining? Enough that your vocabulary is actually growing?
Why Learning Dutch Passively Fails at Higher Levels
Is your language-learning regimen passive, or active? Are you getting enough by easy learning?
Our A2 course: How is your Dutch in these situations?
How do you ask someone for directions? And how would you explain your symptoms to your doctor?
Do you already know these handy sentences from our A1 Dutch course?
Did you just start taking our A1 course? Or have you been thinking about learning your first Dutch sentences?
Relaties, tweedehandsgoederen en kunst: here are the subjects we cover in our Dutch B1.2 course
Just like developing your reading and listening skills is an important part of our B1.1 course, our Dutch B1.2 course continues on improving those skills. When taking this course, you’ll regularly read online articles and listen to podcasts of your choice. You’ll even be introduced to Dutch literature by reading a Dutch novel.
Learn some culture-specific Dutch with our B2.1 course
If you’ve read any of our previous blog posts, you probably know that our main goal is to make you familiar with our courses. The same goes for this post, in which we’ll give you a glimpse of our B2.1 course material.
Here’s a sneak peek of our B1.1 course material
When do you use the tiny Dutch words er and te? And how would you compare living in the Netherlands with being in your home country? Welcome to our B1.1 course! Let us give you a sneak peek of what you’ll learn during these classes.
Are you ready to take on Dutch level B? Test yourself!
We’re not going to lie. Our Dutch A2-B1 course is probably the most difficult one you’ll take at Lest Best. But unsurprisingly, we have a good reason for that. After all, by making your way through the challenging taalhandelingen (= ‘speech acts’) of this course, your Dutch language knowledge will take a big leap forward! You’ll be ready to take on level B without any worries.
Take your Dutch to the next level in Rotterdam
Lest Best is coming to Rotterdam! From September on, you’ll be able to take classes in our new school in the city’s center.
Should you take our Dutch courses online or on-site?
Did you know you can follow all of our courses online? That could be handy when you’re planning on moving to the Netherlands and already want a head start with learning Dutch.