Winter 2025-2026      Volume 54, Number 1

Confessions of a Beginning Dutch Learner
By Kristin Lems

Document: Article  

Introductory Paragraph:  I have studied, taught about, and learned new languages throughout my lifespan. In fact, it has been the very core of my teaching career. Now, I have the humbling experience of testing those truths against a new enterprise: learning Dutch. I spent last summer in the Netherlands, pursuing family roots and acquiring what Dutch I could. I took no formal classes but did attend a free drop-in class at the local library where—believe me—I was the lowest learner in the lowest group! Here are some of my insights from notes taken during that summer.

DOI:   https://doi.org/10.33600/IRCJ.54.1.2025-2026.29

Page Numbers:   29-31