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Peer reviewedvan Essen, Arthur – Language Awareness, 1992
Surveys language awareness in Netherlands, outlining history of language awareness in Holland, tracing back to late nineteenth-century reform movement. Second section deals with teaching Dutch as a native language, third gives account of what language awareness means in context of Dutch as a second language, and fourth describes language awareness…
Descriptors: Dutch, Foreign Countries, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSchoonen, Rob; Hulstijn, Jan; Bossers, Bart – Language Learning, 1998
Discusses a study of grades six, eight, and ten students in the Netherlands to whom grade-appropriate measures of reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge were administered in their native language, Dutch, as well as in English. The aim was to explore relative contributions to native language and foreign language reading comprehension of a…
Descriptors: Dutch, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Kreeft, Henk; Sanders, Piet – 1983
In the Dutch national examinations, reading comprehension tests are used for all languages. For the native language, reading comprehension is tested with reading passages and related questions to which the test-taker provides his own response, not choosing from a group of alternatives. One problem encountered in testing with these items is…
Descriptors: Dutch, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedOtter, Martha E.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Education, 1992
Mail survey, telephone survey, and keeping time were compared as methods of assessing teaching time for 74 sixth grade teachers teaching language in the Netherlands. Results suggest that each of the three methods can be used to assess the mean total score, but none can assess individual scores. (SLD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Construct Validity, Correlation, Dutch
Download full textJan Renkema, Wim; Ytsma, Jehannes; Willemsma, Adalgard – 1997
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--Fryslan, one of the 12 provinces of The Netherlands. Details about the features of the educational system, recent educational policies, divisions of responsibilities,…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Dutch, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups
Wesdorp, Hildo – 1983
Since the mid-1960s, the use of objective testing in education, and multiple-choice tests in particular, has increased dramatically in the Netherlands. Since the founding of the Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement in 1968, the construction of many achievement tests has been concentrated there. This general changeover from…
Descriptors: Dutch, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKroon, Sjaak; Vallen, Ton – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1994
Discusses the immigrant situation in The Netherlands, Dutch education policy with respect to ethnic minorities, intercultural and language education, and the implementation of the 1992 "Cedars in de tuin" policy report. It is concluded that government policy in regard to multicultural Dutch society is somewhere between assimilation and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences
