This workshop offers a succinct treatment of a number of tricky issues regarding word use and sentence construction in Dutch. You learn how to deal with such problems as faulty coordination and inversion and in general how to make sure your sentences stay on track.
You will also learn to identify and eliminate carelessness at the lexical level, think of pleonasm, tautology and malapropisms. We will also look at the punctuation you use in your text: where do you put a comma and where don’t you? What is the precise function of the colon? And when do you go for brackets rather than dashes? In short, we will look at everything you have to take into account when producing a text written in clear, correct and elegant Dutch.
Teacher
Margreet Onrust
Duration
The workshop lasts 1 hour and 45 minutes. It is organized so that participants get to do a lot of individual practice.
Date and time
New dates will be announced here. Want to be notified about new workshops? Then send an email to alp.sgw@vu.nl.
Number of participants
Maximum of 15
Price
€ 20
Practical information
For information, questions and registration, please send an e-mail to the ALP's course administration: alp.sgw@vu.nl. Please mention the workshop code and title: SCH-W-NL3 / Lastige kwesties in het Nederlands