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NedBox: App
Who is it intended for?
The NedBox app has been developed for non-Dutch speaking adults and older OKAN students who want to practice Dutch at the basic level (CEFR level A1-A2).What is it?
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An ex-OKAN student in my class. What now?
Every year, several thousand ex-OKAN students move on to regular education. They are going through a turbulent period and are experiencing language and often learning delays. 'They can use all the help during that catch-up race,' says follow-up …
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Read Reader Reads!: Multilingual Edition
In the fifth edition of the online magazine Lees Lezer Leest! multilingualism is central. You can read contributions from writer and illustrator Marit Törnqvist, linguist Sharon Unsworth, VoorleesExpress director Anne Heinsbroek and several …
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Pryv: Translate your conversation from Dutch to Ukrainian
This online application provides a direct translation of your conversation from Dutch to Ukrainian and/or vice versa. Speak the text and you can listen to and read the translation.
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Learning languages with Emma: App
Through this app, children can playfully learn eight different languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Turkish and Esperanto. They can independently increase their vocabulary thematically. Supervisors take tests with the app to …
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Effective writing education: Writing is daring to look up
How do you make writing assignments a success for every student? In Marit's OKAN class, young people take their first timid steps in Dutch. And yet she dares to set the bar high. Discover how her approach will also make your next writing task more …
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Distance learning via WhatsApp: Practical example
Practical example of Linda Van Duin of ANT2 , how she approached distance learning in the Netherlands with her ISK students (the equivalent of the Flemish OKAN classes) during the first week of the suspension of the lessons. She uses WhatsApp and …
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Calepino: Compile your own dictionary
Students create their own dictionary in the app on their smartphone. They take photos and voice recordings themselves.
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Summer School: Stimulating language acquisition in a playful way
In this article you can read how a lesson week at the summer school in Antwerp looks and comes about. Interaction and active language use are key concepts for good language education, just like creating a safe environment for the children. The text …Translated by
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What is the difference between you and you or you and you?
The reason why you use you and you or you and your mistake sometimes is that you don't really hear the difference between the two words. But when you write them, there is a very important distinction. What exactly is that distinction and how …
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Inversion does not exist
Do you write telephoon with double -ph and Vlaamsch with -sch as in the year 1900? Of course not. But you do talk about inversion in class (NT2 or Dutch mother tongue). Isn't that also so 1900?
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A warm welcome for foreign-language preschoolers: Ten practical tips
In many kindergarten classes there are one or more foreign-language toddlers. As a teacher you are faced with the major challenge of developing a safe and positive classroom climate for them.
With these ten practical tips you ensure that …
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