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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements xiv
How to use this book xv
unit 1 HIER BEN IK 1
Topics
Talking about yourself
Describing people
Numbers to 100
Formal and informal forms of address
Writing: style to fit context
Strategies for writing
Functions
Introducing yourself
Saying what you like
Saying what you like from a relationship
Stating where you live and work
Greeting people and saying goodbye
Directly addressing someone
Talking about characteristics of a person
Making a compliment
Checking the information you have is correct
Stating that something is correct
Inviting someone to expand on something
Expressing surprise
Adverbs to modify meaning
Expressing that you are making an assumption
Grammar
Finite verb
Stem of verb
Infinitive
Place of finite verb in sentence
Regular and irregular verbs
Prepositions
Articles
Nouns
Plural nouns
Use of the present tense: nu, al, pas, nog maar
Personal pronouns
Imperative
unit 2 SAMENLEVEN 33
Topics
Use of tone
Communicative styles between friends and people living together
Foodstuffs
Numbers over 100
Ordinal numbers
Domestic chores
Activities
Functions
Talking about food
Asking for things
Asking for more
Asking open and closed questions
Using a website for recipes
Ordering in a restaurant or café
Using language in different interpersonal contexts and styles
Giving advice
Talking cooperatively
Using modal particles to indicate different meanings and functions
Talking about dividing the domestic chores
Qualifying something
Writing in different styles
Grammar
Modal particles: even, wel, nu, maar, echt, weer, hoor, toch
Negation: geen and niet
Yes/no questions
Questions with a question word
Inversion
Modal verbs
Separable verbs
Adverbs
Use of zou in polite requests
Use of zou in uncertain statements
unit 3 OP STRAAT 65
Topics
Everyday activities
Referring to days and times
Shopping
Money
Bank holidays
Countries, inhabitants, languages
The weather
Clothes, sizes and prices
Colours
Functions
Making a telephone call
Arranging to meet up
Asking how people are and answering
Buying a ticket
Ordering coffee
Shopping for clothes
Talking about the weather
Small talk
Reading strategies
Telling the time
Grammar
Object pronouns
Use of the adverb graag
Liggen, zitten, staan, hangen
Prepositions
Expressing the future
Adjectives
Infinitive constructions
Expressing duration
unit 4 GROEPSGEDRAG 102
Topics
Family celebrations (birthdays and new baby)
Government campaign to stop drink-driving
Recipe for cake
Politeness
Family relations
Functions
Congratulating people
Ways of greeting people at a family party
Thanking for a present
Offering/accepting food and drinks
More and less formal ways of addressing people
Talking about driving
Talking about the past
Talking about children using terms of endearment
Changing a topic
Expressing an opinion
Talking about family
Writing for different purposes and audiences
Grammar
Present perfect
Verbs of motion
Subclauses
Indirect statements
Indirect questions
Word order in main and subclauses
Diminutives
unit 5 IK EN MIJN WERELD 131
Topics
Lifestyle; living preferences
Shopping habits
Town and country
Low countries design
Advertising languag
Films: general
Films: evaluation and nuances in reviews
Going out
Role models and gender stereotypes
Functions
Expressing preference
Describing your environment
Talking about favourite books, actors, films, etc.
Describing people and characteristics
Asking for preferences and reacting
Expressing an opinion
Reading strategies
Planning an evening out
Grammar
Use of er; indefinite subject
Use of er; reference to place
Use of er; reference to number
Comparative and superlative
Demonstrative pronouns
Compound words
unit 6 WERKKLIMAAT 161
Topics
Names of professions
Aspects of work situation
Some aspects of Flemish Dutch
Regional variations of Dutch
Work habits
Invitations, ways of addressing people
E-mails
Professional development and training
Job adverts
Personality traits
Functions
Talking about work experience
Expectations and preferences
Writing e-mails with a clear focus and target audience
Addressing people
Inviting people
Complimenting people
Expressing criticism
Phrasing criticism in the form of advice
Talking about your strengths and weaknesses
Reading satire
Grammar
Use of er; with a preposition
Verbs and expressions with a fixed preposition
Subclauses of time
Subclauses of contrast
Subclauses of comparison
Subclauses of condition
Subclauses of reason
Relative clauses
Sentence structure, main and subclauses: revision
Position of adverbials
unit 7 OPEN GORDIJNEN 208
Topics
Where you live and relationships with neighbours (now and in the past)
Dutch homes and living arrangements
Objectivity and subjectivity in language use
Gezellig
Personal relationships
Work: conditions and pay
Dieting
Functions
Talking about lifestyles
Talking about relationships
Talking about hobbies and leisure activities
Using subjective language to express an opinion or make descriptions
Saying what you would do if . . .
Saying what you had intended to do
Talking about rumours
Talking about health and dieting
To recognise underlying ideas in a text
To talk about the role of work in people’s private lives
Grammar
Imperfect
Differences in use between imperfect and present perfect
Met z’n . . .
Past perfect
Zou (conditional; in polite questions; uncertain information; hypothetical past)
Infinitives
Om + te + infinitive
unit 8 IK DOE WAT IK WIL 237
Topics
Immigration
Integration
Individualism
Cultural symbols
Fatherhood
Colours
Identity
Male and female identity
Signalling words and markers
Functions
Debates and discussions
Ways of voicing an opinion
Stating contrasts between then and now
Talking about travelling and holidays
Describing things
Writing cohesively
Style in writing: adding more zest and colour
Rhyme and rhythm
Grammar
Hoeven–moeten–mogen
Reflexive verbs and reflexive pronouns
Separable reflexive verbs
Past participle as adjective
Present participle
Word order: adverbs and subordinating conjunctions
unit 9 TYPISCH NEDERLANDS? 271
Topics
Dutch stereotypes
Topics relating to Dutch history and society (monarchy, Delta Project, Golden Age, slave trade, Indonesia, pillarisation)
Sinterklaas
Popular Dutch music
National identity: does it exist?
Different representations in the media
Functions
Stating your attitude or views
Saying you can’t think of anything
Talking about national identity
Talking about feelings
Writing cohesively and coherently
Stating views in a direct manner
Stating views in a more careful and balanced manner
Writing from a reader’s perspective
Writing: a polemical style
Writing for different contexts and audiences
Writing a project
Comparing different representations in the media
Grammar
Verbs with te + infinitive
Verbs with an infinitive, but without te
Cohesion
Passive voice: form and use
unit 10 VLAANDEREN 309
Topics
State structure
History and interpretation
Clichés about nationalities
Education
Typical aspects of Flanders
The monarchy
Comic books and Belgian surrealism
Dutch spoken in Belgium
Differences between the Netherlands and Flanders
Functions
Representing a country
Holding a presentation
Reading literary texts
Reflecting on national identity
Writing down an opinion
Using expressions and verbs with a fixed preposition in context
Preparing and performing a radio play
Analysing texts on fact and opinion
Grammar
Indirect questions
Verb order in subclauses
Use of men, je, ze
Position of direct and indirect object
unit 11 NEDERLAND IN BEWEGING 343
Topics
Current debates in Dutch society
Role of the Netherlands in the world
Individualism vs collectivism
Dutch attitudes towards Islam
Norms and values
Humour
Fixed expressions
Abbreviations
Political parties in the Netherlands
Revision
Self evaluation
Functions
Strategies for presenting ideas
Making texts more cohesive
Writing for different contexts
Recognising how a different point of view affects language use
Using humour as a writing strategy
Using exclamations
Recognising main points in a text
Recognising subjectivity in seemingly objective statements
Grammar
Linking clauses: adverbs
Topic – comment
Ellipsis
Relative pronouns: wie/wat
Word order amongst verbs in final position
Lijken/schijnen/blijken
Punctuation
Revision: tenses, prepositions, zou, verb/subject agreement, passive voice, relative pronouns (die/dat/wie/wat), relative pronouns with a preposition
Vocabulary 384
Appendix 1: List of irregular verbs 405
Appendix 2: Pronunciation 409 Appendix 3: Spelling 413 Index 417
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