You see them everywhere: for Dutch entrepreneurs in foreign countries. Why are all they will ever just pack up and leave, and the grass really that much greener on the other side? This week: Wendy smith, who the children all over the world online, the Dutch are teaching.
Expatkinderen who have no idea who santa Claus is and not have to talk with them, and began Dutch for Children, the company of the Whole of the valley. She was living in Rijswijk, the netherlands, and there was a lot of demand for a good quality Dutch language, in which expatomgeving.
smith was living in Aruba, in Madrid, spain then in Holland, then to Curacao and is currently with her family in the Dominican Republic. Its Dutch for the Children traveling with you. The company has now a team of five teachers, all the lessons are given by teachers from all over the world.
the Whole of the valley will give children the Dutch language. (Photo: private collection).
" I wanted to have a switch,, "When we were in Madrid and living at the time, I was looking for a place for my daughter's English was able to talk with other moms, I have a kind of peuterspeelzaaltje with children in the Netherlands. It was so much fun that I have, after four years in Madrid, spain, in the Netherlands, for the course for me to follow," says smith.
“There has been struggling with the time difference, because all of our teachers are everywhere, from the Netherlands to Sydney, australia.”
"I worked as a psychologist, but it was like a switch. I did frequently with the managers and they did not enjoy the work. In front of the class, but even so, that wouldn't be a very long time to be done. The classes have been getting busier and there were more and more zorgkinderen that I do not have the guidance it could give, and I wanted to contribute, and where they are needed. So, I started out with the Dutch for the Children."
the First time in the house, and then the question became, for the rest of the country, the beginning Of Fall classes are also available online."I wasn't sure if I could do it and started out with my cousin. She needed help with the English language, and I taught her a lesson. It went so well that I have confidence in them.
English talk
smith will learn expatkinderen of the English language and culture, but to go on the trip. Her husband to the island for work and Drop the kids to go with it. "I took over my company, and from then on it went on, the theory part of the future!"
The customer base will expand, she says, in the place of the foreign children to learn English, the focus will shift to Dutch children in the netherlands. "Almost all of the children that I teach, and have a Dutch over. They want to have their child, it's not lost it, and that they are at their grandma and grandpa be able to stop talking about it and if you don't want to go back to the Dutch school, as well as the family terugverhuist."
“the Children are so smart, but in a language they may not be able to receive education at their own level.”
the Children are slurping in a new language, if at all, to be wereldwijzer in the foreign country, but when the family returns to the Netherlands, their English is not at the same level as that of peers, " says smith. "People think it is often overlook and forget is that the English of a child who is in the foreign country grows up to be is not on the same level as that of an English child English learning. Sometimes that's more painful. The children may be very intelligent, but due to a language they may not be able to receive education at their own level. They need a group to start at a lower level. Even though that is a social, not a bad move, they feel, the parents are often to be rotten about it."
After a few years in Curacao, leaving his family to the United states of america. The southern vibe, like the family of smith, and Curaçao, known as after three years or so. The Dutch, for Children, with a large customer base of teachers around the world are moving smoothly. "A lot of our customers are from Houston, texas. That is run through an online forum, and word-of-mouth advertising. Sometimes it is struggling with the time difference, because all of our teachers are everywhere, from the Netherlands to Sydney, australia.
Bored, and tired it behind the laptop and use
Or the child will be able to sit down to wait for the additional details through the internet. "In the six years that we're going to do this, I have only one child, that's a really, really, didn't like it. And, of course, children will sometimes become tired and bored, on the computer. It is also a lesson, in addition to school and other activities, and we have classes from early in the morning before school starts."
"and If a child really does not make sense, think of something else, and put the classes on the side. Last time he wanted a child to not be his language work, and then to our teacher, 'm so far that he has all his stuffed animals in his room, didn't they have letters in them. You need to always have something new to continue to come up, and with a sense of humour, you will reach a lot of. Usually, the classes are really good." An hour is a long time for a teacher is with his or her mind, just for you: what kind of child is it nice?"
Date Of Update: 04 February 2020, 00:00
