learn Dutch up to the level of proficiency you want or need, basic to proficient in 1 to 6 weeks

Yes, it's possible to learn Dutch that fast ! That's what our intensive private Dutch courses claim and former students witness since years.

Our efficient client- and theme-centered method and private tuition the key to learning Dutch at your pace as fast as possible

Full immersion in Dutch, an efficient dedicated Dutch teacher (native speaker of course), one to one private Dutch lessons,

Richard van Egdom, your efficient experienced dedicated Dutch teacher

studied family sociology and organizational development at Louvain University, 

he knows and understands what executive managers, diplomats, lawyers and the higher educated  are concerned and talking about.

Richard is fluent in Dutch (his mother tongue), English, French and German and knows some Catalan and Polish

teaches phenomenology of problem solving and personal development at school of continuing studies of Lille II university (France)

His hobbies and interests: his job Dutch language teaching, learning strategies,

life sciences, research on happiness and moral development, economics,

hiking the Pyrenees Mountains and aikido.

Richard has been trained in language teaching according to the Dialogue method by its developer Jean-Luc Godard

a dialogue approach to learning Dutch, private tuition,

full immersion and one to one client-centered Dutch language training

Learning a language, research proves, is one of the most demanding mental activities.

A relaxed non-schoolish atmosphere, a pleasant 'small is beautiful' and quiet business hotel at the countryside,

a well-balanced mix between contact and withdrawal, learning and integrating Dutch,

are necessary to support learning process and Dutch language acquisition.

Fully personally adapted Dutch language training: private tuition in Dutch, made to measure intensive one to one Dutch lessons with a dedicated Dutch language teacher.

Emphasis is on understanding and easy speaking at your pace in the shortest possible time.

Theme-centered Dutch language training by conversation on topics you are interested in, you want to communicate about in Dutch.

Ongoing  discovering of the vocabulary you need for daily conversation and communication on topics you are interested in

Ongoing feedback improving your pronunciation and sentence structure, no unnecessary stress on formal grammar.

You learn to understand, think, speak (and even dream!) in Dutch the way natives do.

You learn that Dutch you really need,

the most efficient and fast way.

In one single week one to one full immersion Dutch course with Richard van Egdom an experienced private Dutch teacher you, your higher educated boss, colleague,

friend or partner learn as much as during a full year of weekly classes or group teaching.

Here you progress one level of proficiency in Dutch in one single week of intensive and efficient one to one private Dutch courses.

are necessary ingredients of efficient motivating private Dutch courses.

Then you want to meet share your experiences, 

opinions and idea's,

put your questions,

give your answers

As you want to communicate in Dutch about your interests, hobbies, concerns, you want to learn Dutch as fast as you can.

Vocabulary, correct pronunciation and sentence structure get more easy to learn.

They are no goal anymore but tools allowing you to understand, speak, dialogue, know each other, share, to exchange.

You get intensive theme centered coaching, your pace is appreciated, conversation topics are your topics.

During such an intensive private Dutch course you learn the Dutch you're interested in, as a result you start thinking and even dreaming in Dutch,

without that time-consuming detour of translation causing you to be only halfway when your partner already finished his sentence.

In addition, during breaks, lunch and diner there's extra opportunity to relaxed conversation in Dutch

with your dedicated Dutch teacher or diner partners from local social and cultural life.

You not only learn Dutch, you learn Dutch ways of live, attitudes, ways of thinking and feeling, from inside,

through relaxed conversation about people and society in Flanders and the Netherlands,

about our habits, values, topics, our concerns and the way we are.

DDuring such an intensive private full immersion Dutch course, you, your boss, colleague, friend or partner not only learn Dutch.

You learn Dutch social grammar too: our customs, habits and social rules.

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responsible editor: Richard van Egdom, Celestijnenlaan 7, 3001 Heverlee

other websites:

On www.apprendre-le-neerlandais.com your French-speaking boss, colleague, friends and partners can read all about our full immersion Dutch courses in French.

Your German friends, partners, bosses or colleagues can read all they want to know about our intensive private Dutch courses in German on www.sprachkursniederlaendisch.de

All information in Dutch on these most efficient full immersion private Dutch classes with Richard van Egdom are on www.leernederlands.com

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These most efficient Dutch courses, according to The Wall Street Journal one of the best language courses are organized by Vriendenkring Amiti� Europ�enne a non profit organization in franchise of DialoguE sprl. We use the money earned with these most efficient full immersion Dutch courses to finance our goals: inter-European contact and understanding.

Our small is beautiful non profit organization also has websites on family holidays, trail description, hiking, mountain retreat and  sabbatical leave in the Pyrenees Mountains www.pyrenees-pireneos.org (mostly in English). Same information but with a full 2-weeks trail detailed description of a Pyrenean High Level (HRP) Trail, family holidays and mountain retreat in French is on www.pyrenees.be

Information in Dutch on European encounter family holidays in the Pyrenees can be found on www.pyrenees-pyreneeen.be