Native English for Nederlanders

published	2008 by Business Contact
first published	2007
binding	paperback
isbn	(isbn13: 9789047000501)
pages	160
description	Native English for Nederlanders points out the obvious pitfalls but also the more subtle traps of the language. It gives readers valuable insights in...more [close] Native English for Nederlanders points out the obvious pitfalls but also the more subtle traps of the language. It gives readers valuable insights into Anglo-Saxon culture and language, written from the point of view of an American who learned to speak native Dutch the hard way and lived to tell the tale. [close]
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Kelly rated it:

04/03/08

Read in April, 2008

recommends it for: Dutchies who think they speak perfect English; native English speakers who speak NT2.

Although I'm not native Dutch speaker who also speaks English (quite the opposite, in fact) I found this book very useful on two points. The first was that it helped me to understand a lot of the odd things Dutch people say in English (I was never quite sure what a "global estimate" was, for example). The other thing is that it has helped me greatly with my own Dutch, and in understanding some of the language and behaviour of this largely tall, blond crowd I've found myself among.
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