Episode 7 of the series with native speakers about the Dutch language and identity:
How spontaneous! (Lekker spontaan!)

Are the Dutch spontaneous?
Is spontaneity appreciated in the Netherlands?
The stereotype about the Dutch is that they plan everything... Is this true?

Participants:
- Özcan Akyol (author, tv show host), bicultural: Dutch/Turkish
- Herman Brusselmans (author), Belgian
- Nhung Dam (author, actress, performer), bicultural: Dutch/Vietnames
- Wim Daniëls (comedian, linguist)
- Kathleen Ferrier (chair person of the Dutch Unesco Commission), Dutch/Suriname
- Lotte Jensen (professor of Dutch literature and cultural history), bicultural Dutch/Danish
- Marc van Oostendorp (Professor of Dutch language, linguist)
- Ester Naomi Perquin (poet)
- Herman Pleij (Professor Emeritus of historic Dutch literature)
- Maarten van Rossem (Historian, Professor Emeritus)
- Ewoud Sanders (Language historian)

More about this 11-episode series called 'identiteit en taal':
https://www.learndutch.org/identiteit...

Playlist: De playlist met alle uitzendingen:
   • Bestaat 'de Nederlander'?  

Participants react to the videos with the language students:
- to what extent stereotypes about the Dutch are true?
- to what extent the Dutch are stingy, direct, tolerant etc?

Videos with expats:
   • How about the DUTCH and ICE SKATING?  

Made by Bart de Pau (c) 2021