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Welcome to the Professional Dutch Language Courses for Singaporeans (and other residents of Singapore) If you are using a PDA, mobile phone or any other type of handheld device, please click here for a handy overview of all of our courses: conveniently put together on just one web page for easy reading. |
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Welcome to the Professional Dutch Language Courses for Singaporeans (& other residents of Singapore)
The reason why you visit this website could be that:
1. You need to apply for an ‘MVV’ (Long-Term Visa application for Holland) and you are seeking professional training in order to pass the Civic Integration Exam. 2. You are engaged / married to a Dutch or Belgian partner, and your aim is to get a Dutch passport (right here in Singapore), or you just like to be able to speak Dutch with your in-laws and spouse. 3. Your child has a Dutch or Belgian father or mother, and you are looking for a professional Dutch language course, because your child doesn’t speak any Dutch. 4. You have been studying Dutch before, and you would like to maintain or further improve your Dutch language skills and proceed to the next NT2 level. 5. You are going to study or work in The Netherlands or Belgium. It’s a good idea to learn how to speak some Dutch before you travel to Europe. Indeed, you will enjoy your stay so much more, and you will be really independent once you are able to converse in Dutch! 6. You are working for a Dutch or Belgian company located in Singapore, or you are dealing with companies in Holland or Belgium. Therefore, you have a keen interest in learning how to converse and correspond in Dutch. 7. You aim to move from Singapore to Holland or Belgium, and you like to prepare yourself well for that. |
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For our Private Dutch Language Course for Children (age group 9 to 15), please click here |
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All of our courses comply with the requirements of the CEFR-NT2*
Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. (set by the Council of Europe)
*International Standard for Education Quality Management Dutch as Second Language (NT2) |
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For further enquiries: please call our co-ordinator Ms Dais Chan at 9684 0356 or teacher Matthieu Quere at 9687 0009
Our Dutch Language Training Centre is located at 150 Orchard Road #08-02, Orchard Plaza
(opp. Orchard Central |
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Early January 2009, and once again in 2010, the Dutch have been indulging themselves in ice skating. That is no wonder, because before 2009, it has been many years before it was finally wintertime in Holland. Real winters are pretty rare in The Netherlands.
Especially at the end of 2009 and early this year, there has been lots of snowfall in Holland. Due to this layer of snow (which makes the ice quite brittle here and there, even though it’s freezing), the quality of the ice has not been so good compared to early 2009, when many Dutch enjoyed ‘fastening on’ their skates once more: after waiting for so many years.
It was finally the time to glide over the ice again, be it gracefully or a bit clumsy perhaps.
Never mind the skills, all Dutch really love to be on ice, especially when it’s in the open air with minus 5 to minus 10 degrees Celsius. It’s truly enjoyable! |
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Matthieu Quere (BA, CEFR-NT2) Native Dutch Language Teacher
NT2 = Dutch as Second Language CEFR = Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, (set by the Council of Europe) |
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Sceneries in Holland and Belgium can be truly beautiful. |
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In all these cases, you have found the right place to learn Dutch in an effective and affordable way!
Please click here if you would like to print complete information about all of our courses, with rates, venues, date & time.
Below please find information about our language teacher and history of our Dutch language training centre. |
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Passion and conviction can bring dreams into reality.
It is not different for those who aim to master the Dutch Language in Singapore.
You can make it happen!
We are here to provide you with the right tools on your way to your destination.
We wish you lots of success!
Professional Dutch Language Courses, Singapore |
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Speaking Dutch with your in-laws greatly promotes family-bonding ! |
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You will enjoy your stay in Holland or Belgium so much more if you can converse in Dutch ! |
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For our Private Dutch Language Course for Children (age group 9 to 15), please click here |
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On the 5th of October, 2009, The Subordinate Courts of Singapore have appointed Matthieu Quere to be their official Dutch translator. |
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Being able to understand and speak some Dutch will ensure your independency! |
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About our Dutch Language Training Centre
We conduct our professional courses and private lessons in Singapore since 2003.
· From the moment we started with our MVV Training Course (2006), 100% of our students have passed the Civic Integration Exam at the Dutch Embassy with flying colours! (108 out of 108 students until 26 July, 2010)
· All of our Beginners Group students know how to form their very own correct sentences in Dutch after completing the first round of 12 lessons (24 hours).
We use a tried and tested sentence building scheme, developed by us, in order to make Dutch sentence building & grammar a very simple, clear and truly satisfying experience.
This is important, because the moment you know how to build your first Dutch sentences correctly, everything will make much more sense to you. And that will ensure lots of motivation regarding the rest of your course.
Multi-cultural classes:
In 2003, we started with language classes for Singaporeans only.
However nowadays, many of our students are foreigners, mostly from Indonesia, Malaysia & the Philippines, but also from Thailand, Vietnam, China, India, Australia, USA, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Denmark and even from Romania, Russia, Poland, Lebanon, Iran, Turkmenistan, Colombia and South-Africa…
It is very exciting to work with so many different nationalities.
It is also a great opportunity for the participants of our Beginners Groups, since they have a chance to get to know many new people with the same interest and similar plans!
Most of our students are planning to settle in The Netherlands, and many of them have found a friend for life in some of their classmates in Singapore.
Things have been developing rapidly lately. In only six years time, the number of lessons in Singapore has increased from just a couple of modest evening classes to a busy schedule, packed with private lessons and group lessons from Monday to Saturday 10am to 10pm…
It is truly enjoyable to see that there is so much interest in South-East Asia in the Dutch language.
We would like to thank all of our present and former students for their great enthusiasm and support! |
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Dutch Language Training Centre
www.learndutch.sg |
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Learning, Teaching, Assessment |
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In December 2005, MediaCorp has invited Matthieu Quere to teach Singaporean top-actress Zoe Tay how to pronounce some of the script lines of sitcom The Perfect Wife in correct Dutch. |
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Invited by the National University of Singapore, Matthieu Quere has conducted a Dutch Language & Culture Workshop at the NUS premises on February 17th, 2006. This workshop was called ’Smoke Your Way Through in Holland’.
It provided Singaporean students with just enough relevant information in order to enable them to smoke their way through, showing off what they obviously know about Holland & the Dutch language. |
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Just a piece of good advice:
(1) Why should I actually learn Dutch, since all people in Holland do speak English very well?
(2) Can I also take an online MVV course, instead of classes or private lessons?
(1) Holland and Belgium are very enjoyable countries to stay in, be it just for a holiday, for studying, or as a place where you can work for some time, or even get married and settle down.
Apart from the fact that the government in The Netherlands has implemented a set of strict immigration rules (such as a mandatory Dutch language test for foreigners) it would be good anyway if you would understand some Dutch.
Many of our students, who are engaged or married to a Dutch or Belgian partner, really want to be able to converse in Dutch, especially with their in-laws. Usually not because they have to, but they simply enjoy to do so.
Although nearly all Dutch and Belgian people know how to speak English quite well, a huge advantage of learning some Dutch is that you will be able to make sense of what these people around you are actually saying to each other in Dutch.
Because no matter how fluently nearly everyone from Holland and Belgium speaks English, and no matter how hospitable they all are, they will definitely not converse in English all the time... (at least not with each other...)
It will be clear to you that you will enjoy your stay in The Netherlands or in Belgium so much more if you would understand at least some Dutch.
A typical nuisance many Singaporeans experience before they eventually sign up for one of our courses is that they usually get quite annoyed at times whenever they are visiting in-laws or friends in northern Europe: in spite of the fact that Dutch people and Belgians really enjoy to converse in English, it occurs many times that Singaporeans have no idea what their in-laws or friends are talking about. This simply happens whenever the European hosts accidentally forget about their Singaporean guest…
Well, such things just happen, and you can’t blame anyone for it, since it can be quite tiring sometimes to converse in a foreign language day in day out. There are certain moments people actually prefer to switch to their own mother tongue.
You can tackle this problem by taking our Beginners Course (24 lessons) or Crash Course (10 lessons). Just think of it: you will better understand all kinds of jokes you get to hear in Holland and Belgium, so you will finally get to know why people are having such a good laugh, instead of having to guess… You can check if people are actually gossiping about you ;-)
Plus: you can buy anything you like in local shops or restaurants without having to point your finger at things… and best of all: you can talk back to the Dutch and Belgians, which will compel lots of admiration!
Well, these are just some advantages! In other words: being able to speak and understand some Dutch simply ensures your independency!
Most importantly: your in-laws will really appreciate the efforts you make while learning Dutch, and they will definitely further encourage you. This will be great for your family bonding too! It will be a very satisfying experience when you notice the benefits of your hard work.
It’s worth the effort! Sign up for one of our Dutch courses today!
Call Language Course Co-ordinator Ms Dais Chan @ 9684 0356 to find out more.
—————————————————— (2) What about an online MVV course, instead of private lessons? —————————————————— ‘Do-it-yourself’ online MVV training courses for the Dutch Civic Integration Exam are available on the Internet. It sounds very attractive: you can study at home, at your own time and pace.
However, for several reasons, the benefits of having your lessons together with an experienced native Dutch language teacher sitting next to you for personal coaching (2 hours per lesson, 8 lessons in total) are obvious.
The most important point is this. When you sit for your Civic Integration Exam, you will be connected to a speech computer, so not to a person. This computer will analyse everything you say in Dutch.
If you do not know how to pronounce Dutch words properly, the computer will regard your answer as ’wrong’, so it is very important to know very well how to pronounce Dutch words correctly.
Do you know that you will need to repeat more than 20 (fast spoken) Dutch sentences during your exam, while you don’t even know the meaning of the words? More than 50% of your score depends on how well you can repeat Dutch sentences. We will teach you how perform this difficult task.
Of course, the only way to master Dutch pronunciation is to have your lessons together with a native Dutch teacher sitting next to you, constantly assessing and correcting you, since you cannot check your own pronunciation while doing self-study.
We have been conducting MVV Training Courses since 2006, (which was the year the Civic Integration Exam came into effect). Since then, 100% of our students (108 participants so far) have passed the exam with at least double the required score, thanks to lots of self-confidence.
Mind you, it’s not only about the way you speak! You must also train your listening skills well, in order to be able to understand the fast spoken questions, opposites, and most importantly: the sentences you will need to repeat in Dutch.
It is very important to spend much time on adequate training of your listening and pronunciation skills, and we are here to help you.
We have 18 different Civic Integration Trial Exams (full version) readily available for you, and we will go through all of them, together with you. Your real exam is very similar to those mock exams, so in the end, you will be well-prepared.
Call us at 9684 0356; we guarantee you will pass with much confidence and great results, like all of our other students! |
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We are using the official Dutch Cito NT2 State Examinations to assess your progress.
Cito is one of the world’s leading testing & assessment companies. Measuring and monitoring human potential has been its core competence since 1968.
Cito works closely together with SLO, the Netherlands Institute for Curriculum Development, bridging the contexts of education policy, research & practice. |