Nederlands in gang

What it actually is

De Boer, Van der Kamp and Pentermann's course is what most Dutch university and serious evening-class programmes put in front of educated adult beginners, taking you from nothing to a solid A2 with communicative exercises, grammar video and pronunciation support. The revised edition costs around €51.50 including a year's online licence. It is the entry point to a well-built ladder — Nederlands in actie, op niveau, naar perfectie and naar de top run on to C1. It assumes a classroom or at least a tutor; pure self-study with it is hard going.

What it covers

• Grammar
• Reading
• Speaking
• Listening
• Pronunciation

Listed for

• Dutch

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