Dutch?

[mo2]

Any recommendations on a good book/course to learn Dutch?

[lionfamily1999]

:bigear::lurk5:

[MSPolly]

My husband is Dutch. He said the only thing he knows of is Rosetta Stone. He has looked into it very *lightly* because he'd like to teach the kids.

[lionfamily1999]

That's all there is? Rosetta Stone?

[MSPolly]

Well, like I said, he has not dug very deep. But, for the kids, so far, that's it.

We have never used Rosetta Stone, but we've read so many comments about them being short on *grammar* and such that we are thinking, although they might learn to *speak* it, will they be able to *write* their aunts and uncles?

We are still searching. It is not a *top* priority, but I will post if he finds something else. :)

[mo2]

I was hoping there would be more. Rosetta Stone is out of our price range.

[CleoQc]

Pimsleur has Dutch

http://www.pimsleurdutch.com/

[lionfamily1999]

Here are (http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/other/quickfix/dutch.shtml)a few phrases :( It's the best I can find.

[min]

I'm doing Rosetta Stone Dutch, and so are the kids.

It is an immersion method so, as far as possible on a computer, it is how you learn your own language. You see a picture - for example - of a red ball and hear, say, read, type etc the words "red ball". Later you'll see a picture of a girl kicking a red ball and learn "the girl is kicking the red ball". Eventually "the girl wants a red ball but hasn't got one". That kind of thing (not a specific example... now that I've got so far into my explanation I wish I'd picked "playing" instead of "kicking"!!!).

There is a grammar component, but isn't a "writing lists of verb"s kind of grammar. You see and hear the sentence and then have to choose from, say "kicked" or "kicking" to make the sentence correct. They also often show "he kicks, she kicks, they kick, they are kicking, they have kicked" etc.

For me, I think it is great. The kids think it is a bit dry, but it is the best thing we've found as Dutch is a "small" language. Not all of the language companies even offer Dutch. Now, if you wanted to learn Spanish, French or English as a second language there were many more choices.

I don't think it would be difficult to add an extra formal grammar component if you wanted to.

Miranda