Practising Dutch at home

Practise Dutch at home. Read the newspaper, watch series or practise through apps.

Tips for practising Dutch at home

  • search for "Nederlands oefenen" and you will find many videos
  • Watch Nieuw Leven. You can read the sequel to this soap opera in the book "Party!"
  • Watch filmpjes van vdab about work

Read online newspapers and magazines

Wablieft is an (online) newspaper with news written in simple language for speakers of level 2.1 and up.
Wablieft start is meant for speakers of level 1.2 and up.
Subscribe to both newspapers. All articles also have a Flemish voice-over and you can adjust the speed of the voice.

💡 Are you a more advanced speaker of Dutch? You can read Belgian kranten of tijdschriften.

Watch videos on YouTube

  • Search on "practise Dutch" and you will find a variety of videos.
  • Watch Nieuw Leven. You can read the sequel of this soap opera in the book "Feest!".

Watch TV

  • Watch a Flemish soap opera like Thuis of Familie. They speak comprehensible Dutch. You can turn on the subtitles.
  • Watch children's programmes on Ketnet with your children.
  • Watch the news and reports on your regional television (TV Oost and AVS).

    💡If you don't have a TV set, you can watch online for free on VRTmax, VTM GO of GOPlay

Watch films

  • Watch Dutch-language films for free through VRTmax
  • Watch paid movies on Netflix, Telenet, Amazon Prime, Streamz ...

Practise advanced Dutch online

  • Dutch with ambition:  free exercises for Dutch language learners who want to continue studying or who search for a job.
  • CVO@level2Work: VDAB website. Practise Dutch for work purposes. Language tasks that aim to improve your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
  • De Schrijfassistent: help function for completing homework in Dutch. Checks spelling and gives for alternative suggestions.

Go to Taalpunt

The public city library de Krook has an extensive collection of language courses, CDs, audiobooks, series etc. at het Taalpunt.
The staff will help you find suitable material. You can practise on the computers at de Krook.

Practise basic Dutch online

  • NedBox: Videos and newspaper articles with exercises at different levels.
  • DutchGrammar: Dutch grammar explained in Dutch, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Indonesian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.
  • Ligo NT2: Exercises for beginners on various topics (the classroom, the weather, the doctor, colours, etc.).
  • Oefen op uitspraak: Dutch-language picture dictionary including pronunciation.
  • Babadada: Vocabulary practice.
  • 50 Languages: Choose your mother tongue and then the language you want to learn.
  • Zichtbaar Nederlands: Visualised simple Dutch grammar.

Practice through apps

  • Duolingo: Dutch vocabulary and grammar for beginners in English (for iOs and Android - free).
  • Nedbox: app to practise Dutch with focus on various daily topics (for iOS and Adroid - free).
  • De of het? play the article game (for iOs and Android - free).
  • Nederlands werkwoorden: look up the spelling of conjugations (for Android - free).
  • Nederlandse woorden: quickly find the official spelling (for Android - free).
  • 50languages: Choose your mother tongue, choose Dutch... and practice. (for iOS and Android - free).
  • Uitsprekend: an app to practise pronunciation (for Android and iOs).
  • Tandem: practice Dutch with someone else (for Android and iOs).

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