More Dutch lessons in Zaanstad

• At NLTraining you can do an integration course (inburgeringscursus).
• If you have no obligation regarding the integration exams, you can take Dutch lessons at Sagènn.
• In De Bieb (the library) you can practice Dutch at your own level, with the help of a language coach.
• In Taalcafé De Sluis volunteers help newcomers  in small groups practicing Dutch.
  In De Sluis you can also get advice about living, working and studying in The Netherlands/Zaanstad.

Online classes and websites for learning Dutch

• Teacher Bart de Pau has included many free materials on his website Learn Dutch: vocabulary, grammar and a series of cartoons, Heb je zin?, subtitled in Dutch and English. You can work with it independently, or in one of his virtual classrooms.
• MJNT2 is NT2 teacher Marie-José Kruiskamp’s website. She developed online courses A0>B1 working with richly illustrated stories, and made paper books of these: Learn Dutch with Victor for A0>A2 and StoryDutch for A2>B1.
• Max Koedood teaches under the motto ‘Learn Dutch the wild way’ using his own storybook Nieuw in Rotterdam – mentioned below with other ‘easy readers’.
•  NT2 teachers Ad Appel and Kirsten Verpaalen offer online courses A1, A2 and B1. At their page Oefenexamens you’ll find free material to practice for level A1, A2, B1 and ONA.
• Nt2-taalmenu offers material for beginners and advanced students.
• Oefenen.nl has free language programs at different levels, ranking from one to five stars.
• Grammar in the picture: Zichtbaar Nederlands explains the rules of the language in a visual way.
• Nieuws van de Week, three subjects of the previous week in easy Dutch, subtitled in Dutch, by the people of NOS Journaal.
• Kort Zaans, part of the digital local (Zaanse) journal De Orkaan, has short news  reports in easy Dutch.
  

  Easy readers

• Easy readers in Dutch, including my own series of 3 Nieuwe vrienden, can be obtained at The CI Bookshop. You’ll find many more books there, in 9 more languages.
• Nieuw in Rotterdam is a nice book going from level A1 to A2+ in three steps (parts). Written by NT2 teacher Max Koedood. The text has many dialogues students can ‘play’ (reader’s theatre). Good fun!
• Eenvoudig Communiceren offers many easy readers in Dutch.
  

  Teachers trainings and workshops

• Language teachers wanting to become proficient in TPRS, Comprehensible Input (CI) and/or Story Listening, can do so at Dynamic Language Learning en Taalleermethoden.nl.