Another thing that I am intent on doing is learning the language. Many people emigrate to Amsterdam and make zero effort to learn because everyone already knows English!
I’m sorry, but that is a lazy attitude IMO. The only way to truly understand the Dutch culture is to know at least a little of the language.
Learning languages has never been by forte. Even though I know a little French and Spanish, I still find it hard and laborious to learn a language.
Anyway, I’ve been on this forum lately and discovered a lot of useful information. One thing that I am going to try is the L-R method which is a way of assimilating a language in as short a time as possible. However, I need 2 complete days without distractions to achieve this. I also need some bilingual texts – I have some on computer but I’m not so sure if looking at a screen for 20 or 30 hours straight is going to be easy! I prefer a real book.
I have already read some basic Dutch grammar but I prefer not to learn too much this way as I believe it could actually hinder my future learning. I prefer for my language use to be natural rather than “constructed” in my head which I believe is a big obstacle to getting much better at a language.
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