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Academic and professional Dutch

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Research abstract: what's proven and what isn't

Samenvatting van een onderzoek

An abstract of a scientific article about language cafés and employment: aim, method, results and caveats — and how to distinguish correlation from causation.

◷ 28 min

C1nederlands

Court ruling: mould, tenant and corporation

Uitspraak van de rechter

A simplified subdistrict court judgment in a tenancy dispute: facts, claims, assessment and decision — and the standard phrases found in any vonnis.

◷ 28 min

C1nederlands

An ironic column: the main message is between the lines

Opiniestuk met ironie

A column where the author “praises” a chatbot instead of a municipal counter, but in reality, lambasts it. How to recognise irony: exaggerated praise, “of course”, quotation marks, false logic, and an unexpected ending.

◷ 27 min

C1nederlands

Essay on accent: what it says about a person

Essay over taal en identiteit

A reflective essay on accent, identity, and intelligibility: how the author poses a question, presents an argument and counter-argument, refutes it, and arrives at a balanced conclusion.

◷ 29 min

C1nederlands

Policy document: aims, measures and a hidden cut

Fragment uit een beleidsnota

An excerpt from a municipal document on combating loneliness among the elderly: the reason, aims, measures, funding and evaluation — and how to find what the authors would rather not highlight in officialese.

◷ 28 min

C1nederlands

Literary excerpt: the key that fits nothing

Literair fragment

A short story about a silent father, a shed, and an old key: subtext, symbol, comparison, and repetition — how to read what is not said in the text.

◷ 27 min

C1nederlands

Theatre review: three stars and one actress

Recensie van een voorstelling

A mixed review of a play about a family and a house on a dike: how a critic praises and criticises in the same paragraph, what “doesn't come into its own” means, and how to read the final verdict.

◷ 27 min

C1nederlands

Report: a night on the dike at high water

Reportage: een nacht op de dijk

A long report about volunteers who patrol dikes at night during high water: changes of scene, quotes, background information, and a return to the main character — and how to distinguish facts from the journalist's interpretation.

◷ 29 min

C1nederlands

What home is

Wat thuis is

Nora's essay-style column about the question “Do you feel at home here yet?” — and why the honest answer doesn't fit between two bites of cheese.

◷ 30 min

C1nederlands

The last little ferry

Het laatste pontje

A newspaper feature: a small river ferry has run since 1921, and the gemeente wants to cut its subsidy. The ferryman, the alderman, residents and a petition — and several rescue plans.

◷ 30 min