Dutch Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Dutch & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
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Summary
Do you know what the hardest thing for a Dutch learner is？
Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle。。。which is precisely the reason we've written this book！
Teachers love giving out tough， expert-level literature to their students。 Books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes - it's not entertaining， useful or motivating for the student at all， and many soon give up on learning at all！In this book， we have compiled 20 easy-to-read， compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the beautiful Dutch tongue。
How Dutch Short Stories for Beginners works:
- Each story is exciting and entertaining with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations。- The summaries follow a synopsis in Dutch and in English of what you just read， both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about。- At the end of those summaries， you'll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson， as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance！- Finally， you'll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Dutch， providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story。 Don't worry if you don't know the answer to any - we will provide them immediately after， but no cheating！
We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all， no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles！So look no further！ Pick up your copy of Dutch Short Stories for Beginners and start learning Dutch right now！
Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle。。。which is precisely the reason we've written this book！
Teachers love giving out tough， expert-level literature to their students。 Books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes - it's not entertaining， useful or motivating for the student at all， and many soon give up on learning at all！In this book， we have compiled 20 easy-to-read， compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the beautiful Dutch tongue。
How Dutch Short Stories for Beginners works:
- Each story is exciting and entertaining with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations。- The summaries follow a synopsis in Dutch and in English of what you just read， both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about。- At the end of those summaries， you'll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson， as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance！- Finally， you'll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Dutch， providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story。 Don't worry if you don't know the answer to any - we will provide them immediately after， but no cheating！
We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all， no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles！So look no further！ Pick up your copy of Dutch Short Stories for Beginners and start learning Dutch right now！
Reviews
Elizabeth Head
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Not too bad for learningNot a bad way to learn dutch especially if you get the audible version of the book to complement your listening skills。 The list of vocab at the end of each story would be better if they used the infintive of the word （so you can use in different contexts） and told you whether each noun was de or het。 I had to spend a considerable amount of time looking these up so the book only gets 4 stars。 I wonder if the authors need to get a dutch person to read through this book as Not too bad for learningNot a bad way to learn dutch especially if you get the audible version of the book to complement your listening skills。 The list of vocab at the end of each story would be better if they used the infintive of the word （so you can use in different contexts） and told you whether each noun was de or het。 I had to spend a considerable amount of time looking these up so the book only gets 4 stars。 I wonder if the authors need to get a dutch person to read through this book as my husband （a dutchman） raised his eyebrows a few times at the way some of this book was written。 。。。more
Grace
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I dunno， should I give this more stars？ The stories are whatever but they aren’t and and it fits the bill: simple stories that incorporate new vocabulary as you go。 I found them perfectly readable， though only the first one was easy （what does that say about my Dutch。。。）。 I think I picked up some vocab but I’ll probably go back through and make some lists/flash cards。
Derrik
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The title is a little misleading。 If you're an advanced beginner or intermediate learner， then this reader shouldn't present much of a problem。 Otherwise， you're going to have a hard time。 For the sake of full disclosure， I completed the Dutch tree in Duolingo， do daily quizzing in Clozemaster and am proficient in German。 It was just challenging enough， wasn't daunting， and I certainly needed the extra vocabulary。 If there's a comparable reader for Dutch out there right now， I haven't come acros The title is a little misleading。 If you're an advanced beginner or intermediate learner， then this reader shouldn't present much of a problem。 Otherwise， you're going to have a hard time。 For the sake of full disclosure， I completed the Dutch tree in Duolingo， do daily quizzing in Clozemaster and am proficient in German。 It was just challenging enough， wasn't daunting， and I certainly needed the extra vocabulary。 If there's a comparable reader for Dutch out there right now， I haven't come across it， so I was glad to find this one。Some other minor qualms: The vocabulary is a little esoteric in places。 I'm not a farmer。 I'll never be a farmer。 The instances when I'll ever need the verb "to foal" in Dutch （or English for that matter） are nil。 And help me if I should ever have to talk to a Dutch person about a "stool sample"！Additionally， some of the highlighted words are not actually found in the glossaries， but a little extra looking up isn't really a problem。 。。。more
Pauline Denise
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I've been looking for a good Dutch resource for expanding my vocabulary。 This book helped me a lot with its entertaining stories。 I've been looking for a good Dutch resource for expanding my vocabulary。 This book helped me a lot with its entertaining stories。 。。。more
Jamie Jack
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Decent Book， One FlawThis book had some pluses and minuses。 I liked that it has interesting stories where something actually happens to a character or group of people。 The bolded words that would then be in the vocabulary list is a nice touch。 I wasn't wild about the summaries that are in both Dutch and English。 The Dutch one is fine， as it adds a little more practice with the language。 I would have loved to have seen the English version not be a short summary but a translation of the full Dutch Decent Book， One FlawThis book had some pluses and minuses。 I liked that it has interesting stories where something actually happens to a character or group of people。 The bolded words that would then be in the vocabulary list is a nice touch。 I wasn't wild about the summaries that are in both Dutch and English。 The Dutch one is fine， as it adds a little more practice with the language。 I would have loved to have seen the English version not be a short summary but a translation of the full Dutch text。 This would add another way to learn from each story。 It might help you pick up on sentence structure and other vocabulary not in the list as well as help you get a fuller sense of the complete story。 Now， I know that extensive learning texts like this don't necessarily encourage you to do a deep dive into what I'm referring to， but it would have been nice if the authors had given the potential student the choice of whether they wanted to do that or not。 All in all， though， if you are studying the Dutch language， you will most likely find this book a nice addition to enhance your learning。 。。。more
Nuria
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I love Dutch short stories for beginners。 I always find difficult to find anything to read that is good for my level and also interesting subjects。It also has exercises， questioners， about the text to make sure you understand it。 I really like it！
João
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I was looking for this type of resource - excellent to learn and practice Dutch in a more interesting and engaging way。 I recommend this for learners who have at least some basic level of familiarity with the language， otherwise I can see how it may easily go from "fun" to "slightly frustrating"。 I'm starting to use it as a complement to the Duolingo lessons and it's really helping me progress！ I was looking for this type of resource - excellent to learn and practice Dutch in a more interesting and engaging way。 I recommend this for learners who have at least some basic level of familiarity with the language， otherwise I can see how it may easily go from "fun" to "slightly frustrating"。 I'm starting to use it as a complement to the Duolingo lessons and it's really helping me progress！ 。。。more
Steve Martin
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Excellent book for Dutch language learners。 This book has several short stories each followed by a summary of the stories in both Dutch and English followed by a vocabulary list of new words learned in the story。 There are also questions and answers about the story to cement understanding。 I am a beginner in learning dutch and I admit that I can not read the stories without a lot of work which which has been made fun using this book。 I strongly recommend this book to anybody who is serious about Excellent book for Dutch language learners。 This book has several short stories each followed by a summary of the stories in both Dutch and English followed by a vocabulary list of new words learned in the story。 There are also questions and answers about the story to cement understanding。 I am a beginner in learning dutch and I admit that I can not read the stories without a lot of work which which has been made fun using this book。 I strongly recommend this book to anybody who is serious about learning this language。 。。。more
Preston
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