by Clarissa | Jan 23, 2018 | dutch life, family
In a previous post I talked about language learning, specifically learning Dutch. About juggling a home language and a community language. But the reality is that there’s always some cross-over. English is so prevalent, and the Dutch generally so proficient at...
by Clarissa | Dec 13, 2017 | dutch life, personal
Last week I found out that I passed my re-take of the Dutch NT2-2 exam. So I have now completed the qualification. My First New Year’s Resolution completed for 2017! Doing the exam the second time around I knew what to expect and I used the time better. The...
by Clarissa | Nov 21, 2017 | dutch life, family |
Since moving to the Netherlands we’ve had to negotiate how to include Dutch into our family life. Or whether we want to at all. Obviously we are a British family, and our main language is English, but in order to integrate better here we were keen to all learn...
by Clarissa | Jul 5, 2017 | dutch life, personal
So in my aims for this year I included taking the NT2 Dutch exams, and last week I sat the exams for program 2. I’m still waiting for the results – they should be out over the summer. Fingers well and truly crossed here! The exam was an experience unlike...
by Clarissa | Apr 3, 2017 | dutch life, family
A little while ago we went to see Dirk Scheele at the theatre. He’s a Dutch children’s rock star. We quite like his songs and listen to them frequently. One night after the concert rocket boy was trying to go to sleep, and complained that when he...
