Quist / Sas / Strik Routledge Intensive Dutch Course

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-136-76202-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten

This intensive foundation course in Dutch is designed for those with no previous knowledge of the language. It is lively and fast-paced, providing students with a wide range of activities, and drawing on an impressive selection of source material from many different media. Audio materials are presented on accompanying CDs, to be purchased separately.

Taking students from beginner to intermediate level in one year, the Routledge Intensive Dutch Course develops a thorough working knowledge of the structures of Dutch and practises the four key skills of language learning: reading, writing, speaking, and listening.

Guidance for tutors as well as links to related sites is available on the Routledge website.

Zielgruppe

Academic/professional/technical: Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Quist, Gerdi

Sas, Christine

Strik, Dennis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ROUTLEDGE INTENSIVE DUTCH COURSE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction/How to use this book

CHAPTER

TOPICS

FUNCTIONS

GRAMMAR

1. hier ben ik


talking about yourself

describing people

numbers to 100

formal and informal forms of address

writing: style to fit context

strategies for writing

introducing yourself

saying what you like

saying what you like from a relationship

stating where you live and work

greeting people and saying goodbye

directly addressing someone

talking about characteristic of a person

making a compliment

checking the information you have is correct

stating that something is correct

inviting someone to expand

expressing surprise

adverbs to modify meaning

expressing you are making an assumption

finite verb

stem of verb

infinitive

place of finite verb in sentence

regular and irregular verbs

prepositions

articles

nouns

plural nouns

use of the present tense: nu, al, pas, nog maar

possessive pronouns

imperative

2. samenleven


use of tone

communicative styles between friends and people living together

foodstuffs

using website for recipes

numbers over 100

ordinal numbers

domestic chores

acitivities



talking about food

asking for things

asking for more

asking open and closed questions

ordering in a restaurant or café

using language in different interpersonal contexts and styles

giving curt advice

talking cooperatively

using modal particles to indicate different meanings and functions

talking about dividing the domestic chores

qualifying something

writing in different styles

modal particles: even, wel, nu, maar, echt, weer, hoor, toch

negation: geen and niet

yes/no questions

questions with a question word

inversion

modal verbs

separable verbs

adverbs

use of ‘zou’ in polite requests

use of ‘zou’ in uncertain statements



3. op straat













everyday activities

referring to days and times

shopping

money

bank holidays

countries, inhabitants, languages

the weather

clothes, sizes and prices

colours

making a telephone call

arranging to meet up

asking how people are and answering

buying a ticket

ordering coffee

shopping for clothes

talking about the weather

small talk

reading strategies

telling the time

object pronouns

the adverb ‘graag’

liggen, zitten, staan, hangen

prepositions

expressing the future the adjective

infinitive constructions

expressing duration

4. groepsgedrag


family celebrations

(birthdays and new baby)

Über Autor(innen)

Dennis Strik has extensive experience teaching Dutch at all levels in an academic context (amongst others at University College London) and is co-author of several language books, including Teach Yourself Dutch Grammar. Dennis currently works as a freelance author, translator and language consultant.

Gerdi Quist has been a lecturer at University College London since the early 90-ies. Her current research concentrates on intercultural communication and language and culture teaching at university. She has published on the subject in various academic publications, and she co-authored a number of language courses.

Christine Sas has extensive experience in Dutch language teaching at various levels, in social, professional and academic contexts. She worked in Antwerp (Belgium) as well as in London (U.K.), where she has lived since 1998. She currently teaches at UCL and at the FCO Language Centre.