TEACHER EDUCATION Vorselaar

Dutch ++ Bachelor of education: secondary school Applied Research – Research projects of students

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE K.H.KEMPEN Dutch ++ Vorselaar Vienna

Dutch ++” “Examples and new models for learning and teaching pluricentric languages” Multilateral European language project (Lifelong Learning Programme) Cooperation of: University of Vienna, Freie Uni Berlin, Language Center of University of Tilburg, KH Kempen University College Third country partner: IOL (Institute for the training of teachers) Surinam 3 years – 100 % score –full funding

Teaching Dutch as foreign language (FL) or L2 Dutch: official language in The Netherlands, Belgium and Surinam One standard language or three? –10 years ago I would say 1 –Now? Tendency for own standard

Taalunie: diversity in unity

Dutch colleagues will help What’s the name?

Dutch colleagues will help een lolly – een lekstok een biertje – een pintje

Big difference between the written and spoken language Are you out of your mind? Are you nuts? Ben je gek? (NN) Zedde zot?(BN) Not one word is the same!

Problems for DFL- DL2 (Dutch foreign language – Dutch second language) DL2: students learn in coursebooks the Dutch Dutch standard forms they hear in Belgium /Flanders Belgian - Dutch forms Language courses don’t prepare them for reality of varied language

Problems for DFL They only learn the variety of Dutch their lecturer knows (most of the time Dutch Dutch) There is at least a necessity of awareness of the different standards and different varieties.

Challenges How do we prepare learners of a language for real life language? At what stage of language learning do we prepare learners for real life language?

The listening eye How difficult is it to understand the spoken language? How much repetition of language functions and language situations do we need in starter’s courses of a language?

How about your situation? How much of language variation do you have with your language? What’s the opinion about dialects? Do you only teach the standard language or also varieties of the language (horizontal or vertical varieties)? How much of language variation do you teach in schools?

How about teaching your language as foreign language? Only standard language? Varieties?

This was Vienna, next year Paramaribo!

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