Episode 9 of the series with native speakers about the Dutch language and identity: 'foreigner talk'.

For people who learn Dutch, it’s not always easy to start communicating with the Dutch. Often, the Dutch switch to English. But when the communication is in Dutch, there might be another problem: ‘foreigner talk’. This is the phenomenon that native speakers speak their own language incorrectly to non-native speakers.

Is it offensive?
Or is it helpful?

What do you think about it?
What's your experience communicating with Dutch people?
Have you experienced 'foreigner talk'?
Write it in the comments!

We asked the participants in the video what they think about it.

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)

Participants react to this video where language students call a webshop and try to speak Dutch:
   • Language students call a CUSTOMER SER...  

In this video Herman Pleij and Ewoud Sanders talk about a famous sketch by Kees van Kooten and Wim de Bie at the green grocer's:
   • De Groenteman en de Turk (klassieker,...  

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

Playlist with all episodes:
   • 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