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    The School For Dutch

    The School For Dutch

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    De Pijp, Zuid

    Dutch is a beautiful language and if you live here why not to learn it? I signed up for the 1-week…read morebeginner course, which consists of 5 classes daily 6 hours each. The group is small 8 people. The class is divided in 2 x 3 hour each session. The morning sessions were with Wessel, he is the founder of the school. And second half was with Jorgen. I enjoyed non-conventional flow of the class with Wessel. He developed his own technique, video and print materials. My second teacher Jorgen, lacked passion and confidence. I gave it 4 days and unfortunately had to skip my last class due to the issues at work. Nonetheless, yesterday I spoke Dutch in the restaurant and had a delightful experince.

    Dutch. Kinda a cross between German and English? Everyone speaks English here, so why learn it…read more Get over it. Learn it. I've taken many language classes in many languages before (Spanish, Arabic, Chinese) and I can say The School For Dutch is unique and engaging. Wessel, the owner and main instructor, is fantastic. He has a methods that are innovative and unique. Moreso, neither he nor the second instructor were intimidating. I wasn't scared to answer incorrectly. The environment is fantastic. I did the week long level 1 survival intensive course. It was really fun day to day, the other two students in the class were great, and they keep tea, coffee, and biscuits on hand throughout the day. Don't worry, there's a lunch break too so you get a little break with the other students. Ik heb kapsalon gegeten! As a bonus, his friend runs a tiny second hand bookshop there in the early evenings (in case you want some Dutch children's books for practice).

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    Koentact

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    Jordaan, Centrum

    I found out about this School via a Dutch expat web site. The School had an event listed offering a…read morefree trial Dutch language class and one of the lucky attendees would win a free 8 week class as well. The school was located just under 15 minutes walking distance from my apartment, so decided to register and come check it out. Once you are at the building, go thru the lobby area to a common room towards the back, sign in and grab some coffee or tea as well as nibble on the cookies they've set out and basically mingle with the other folks who have come along for the free trial class as well. Btw, the location of the introductory class is actually a local college and they are pretty prompt because once 6:45pm rolled around, we got divided into groups of 12 and went off with individual teachers to a classroom located on the 3rd floor of the school building. Our teacher was the lovely and enthusiastic Veerle, and I really enjoyed her teaching style as well as the lesson and the multiple opportunities to practice my Dutch language skills with the other folks in my free trial class. Veerle had an easy-breezy style that made it fun and inspired me enough that the next morning I downloaded Duolingo, an app I had been meaning to a download for a while but hadn't done so yet. After about an hour and 15 minutes of our lesson, we made our way down back to the lobby area and the winner of the free class was announced (wasn't me!! :-) and it was all really very well planned and informative. The location of their actual classes is also just down the street, but they use the school building for these events as it's got more space. I need to look at their brochure and website to see if the timing of the language classes will work for me, (and if I do enroll, will come back and update my Yelp review) however can absolutely recommend coming for the free trial class they offer. Yelp 49 / 2019

    I enrolled for a week of intense, private lessons (I was unable to sign up for any group classes as…read morethere were none being offered the week I wanted to start). My instructor, Christiaan, was highly qualified; he had a Master's degree. He used a variety of techniques to learn Dutch--we discussed topics, we had to present one side of a debate, and we had to draw/describe our house floor plan, among other methods. It was stimulating and the instructor was very enthusiastic. They also provide field trip opportunities and social gatherings to practice your Dutch. The program/experience was great and really helped me achieve my goal.

    UvA Talen - language_schools - Updated May 2026

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