Learn Dutch with Online Exercises!
- Take a Quiz.
- Review Your Results.
- Repeat.
Take a Quiz
- Each quiz consists of 20 short questions.
- The difficulty of questions are adjusted according to your Dutch level.
- The questions are selected based on your past results.
Review Your Results
- Your incorrect questions are saved in the system.
- You can review the correct answers of those questions at the end of the quiz.
- They are also saved in your profile so that you can review them whenever you want.
Repeat
- Learn Practice's system is based on repetition.
- You receive your incorrect questions more often than the ones you answered correctly.
- The repetitions are spread over time so that your study sessions are always interesting.
Register
- The only reliable way to track your performance over time is to register.
- Registration is free and easy.
- As a registered user, you also have access to all of your incorrect questions, not only the ones from the last quiz.
Daily Practice
- Spend at least 30 minutes on Learn Practice every day.
- First, check your incorrect questions over all of your sessions.
- Then solve a quiz and review your results.
- Repeat as many times as you want, at least for half an hour.
Long Term Results
- For a significant improvement in your Dutch, practice daily for at least a year.
- We have sufficient questions to serve you over that period.
- New questions are added regularly.
- Schedule at least 30 minutes in your daily calendar.
- Turn on the reminders so that you never miss a session.
Practice Vocabulary and Grammar
Expressing yourself in a foreign language requires a rich vocabulary and a solid grammar. Practicing vocabulary and grammar are not the most pleasant parts of learning Dutch. That's mostly due to the dull methods that learners are offered to practice them.
Now, there is a dynamic and fun way to practice Dutch vocabulary and grammar. In LearnPractice.com, you solve short, personalized quizzes on a dynamic platform.
As of May 2019, there are a total of 3140 Dutch exercises in LearnPractice.com. 1344 of these exercises are for free.
Dutch Vocabulary Exercises
There are 1553 Dutch vocabulary exercises in LearnPractice.com. 1040 of the vocabulary exercises are for free. The vocabulary exercises include the following:
- Translations from English to Dutch,
- Plurals of the words,
- Articles of the words,
- Diminutives of the words,
- Finding the right word to complete a sentence.
Don't worry, if you don't have a large vocabulary in Dutch. If you enter an empty or wrong answer, the system will provide you an opportunity to see the right answer. The system also takes into account the questions you answered wrongly and serves you those questions in your following sessions.
Dutch Grammar Exercises
There are 1587 Dutch grammar exercises in LearnPractice.com. 304 of the grammar exercises are for free. The grammar exercises include the following:
- Conjugations of verbs in various tenses, past, present, and future,
- Prepositions,
- Inflections of adjectives,
- Modal verbs,
- Reflexive verbs,
- Inversions of sentences,
- Other grammar concepts specific to Dutch.
Get Feedback for Your Writing
One of the most effective language exercises is writing essays and having them corrected by a language instructor. This practice pushes the limits of your language skills and reveals your weaknesses via the feedback you receive. If you have a language instructor, seize every opportunity to write an essay and have it corrected by him or her.
If you are using a computer to write your essays, make sure you use a Dutch spellchecker. Language Tool is a powerful open source spellchecker.
Online and Offline Resources for Reading in Dutch
We all like to read in one form or another. We read newspapers, magazines, books, blogs, and other content. If you want to improve your reading skills in Dutch, you can read your favorite medium in Dutch. The Dutch edition of Google News is a good starting point.
Here are more resources for reading in Dutch:
- The Dutch edition of Google Books for the translations of your favorite books,
- Cpnb.nl for quality books in Dutch,
- Van Dale for free dictionaries,
- Google Translate for words and phrases that you don't know.
Listening: Find Movies, TV and Radio Stations in Dutch
Thanks to the Internet, you have a plenty of choice when it comes to Dutch radio and TV programs. Many TV channels offer their programs online. Radio channels can also be streamed over the Internet. In order to find Dutch radio and TV programs, Google the phrases: Nederlandse tv via internet and Nederlandse radio online.
A fun alternative to radio and TV programs are movies in Dutch. There are some Dutch movies in iTunes and Netflix. An advantage of watching movies at home is the ability to switch the subtitles on. You can watch the movie with the subtitles in your own language or in Dutch. Both will be helpful to improve your listening and comprehension skills. Although it would not improve your listening skills, an efficient and fun way to improve your Dutch vocabulary is to watch movies in English with Dutch subtitles.
Practice Speaking with Language Exchange Groups
You cannot claim having learned a foreign language unless you speak it fluently. Speaking is the most critical, challenging, and at the same time, the most fun core skill you need to develop. The good news is that the Internet makes it easy to find conversation partners in the language you are learning. Conversation partners can be found by searching for language exchange groups. This way you will find local communities as well as online partners, with whom you can have conversations over Skype.
Enjoy Learn Practice!
Burak Bilgin,
Founder of Learn Practice
Published on Sunday, August 4, 2013. Updated on Tuesday, October 15, 2019.