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COLLOQUIAL DUTCH 2: THE NEXT STEP IN LANGUAGE LEARNING (Colloquial Series (Book Only))
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 439.3183421
EAN: 9780415310772
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0415310776
Label: Other
Manufacturer: Other
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: June 13, 2005
Publisher: Other
Studio: Other
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Editorial Review:
Do you know Dutch already and want to go a stage further? If you're planning a visit to Holland, need to brush up your Dutch for work, or are simply doing a course, Colloquial Dutch 2 is the ideal way to refresh your knowledge of the language and to extend your skills.Colloquial Dutch 2 is designed to help those involved in self-study; structured to give you the opportunity to listen to and read lots of modern, everyday Dutch, it has also been developed to work systematically on reinforcing and extending your grasp of Dutch grammar and vocabulary.Key features of Colloquial Dutch 2 include:· Revision material to help consolidate and build up your basics
· A wide range of contemporary authentic documents
· Lists of idioms and proverbs, as well as cultural information in each unit
· Lots of spoken and written exercises for practice and consolidation
· Introduction to more advanced grammar structures, a Grammar reference and detailed answer keys
· Supplementary exercises and Dutch language web-links at www.routledge.com/colloquials/dutch
Audio material is available on two 60-minutes cassettes and CDs to accompany Colloquial Dutch 2. Recorded by native speakers, this material includes scripted dialogues and texts as well as interactive exercises, and will help you perfect your pronunciation and listening skills.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not really all that bad..
Like the name says, this book is for beginning dutch students who want to advance to the next level. I never bought colloquial dutch 1 so I cant really say what its advancing from, but from going from the "Teach Yourself Dutch Series" (which i would not recommend at all) to this series has been a great improvement. This series is of course, for those who want to improve their beginners dutch. Don't expect any frills or fun activities- its purely textbook-like. I have no problem learning the new ... Read More
Rating:  - Poorly planned
This is perhaps the only sequel for the basic self-study Dutch courses available out there. At least I found no other titles when I was looking for something to help me go on with my studies. So, Colloquial Dutch 2 seems to fill a market gap that would otherwise let students down. Unfortunately, the course falls short of what it could have been. I would even say that it fails on all main counts.
1) TEXTS
A good language course should have a progressive content. In other words, ... Read More
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