Van Horen en Zeggen, Een Methode Nederlands Voor Anderstalige Kinderen in het Basisonderwijs

This article sets forth the aims and principles of 'Van horen en zeggen1, a Dutch course for foreign children from 6 to 12 years of age, published by the 'Werkgroep Nederlands voor anderstaligen' in 1983-84.Each of the 20 lessons is built around a theme, related to the class, the neighbourhood, the family, holidays, etc. Within a theme a meaningful situation has been chosen, like an arithmetic lesson, street-games, changing clothes before the gym lesson, in which functional language is presented.Systematic attention is paid to the sounds, the vocabulary and the grammar of Dutch. Each lesson ends with some questions which enable the teacher to evaluate the pupil's language.