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Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs (VWO, meaning "preparatory scientific education" in Dutch), also often referred to as Voortgezet Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (meaning “Secondary Scientific Education” in Dutch) is the highest variant in the secondary educational system of the Netherlands, attended by approximately a fifth of all Dutch high school students. [1]
English is compulsory at all levels of the Dutch secondary education system: . Many elementary schools teach English in the upper grades.; Pupils must score at least a 5.5/10 for English Language and Literature at the high school finals to be able to graduate, which equals to a A2 level at the lowest (At VMBO high school level), [9] and a B2 to C1 level at the highest (At VWO high school level).
Pre-vocational secondary education (Dutch: Voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs, pronounced [ˈvoːrbəˌrɛidənt ˈmɪdəlbaːr bəˈrupsˌɔndərʋɛis], lit. ' preparatory middle-level vocational education ', abbr. VMBO) is a school track in the Netherlands. It lasts four years, from the age of twelve to sixteen.
For their third and fourth year, VMBO BB and VMBO KB students have five core subjects in the curriculum: Dutch, English, CKV (standing for culturele en kunstzinnige vorming, "cultural and artistic education"), civics, [12] and physical education. They also get to choose two subjects via their chosen study program.
Dutch in Seven Lessons (Nederlands in zeven lessen) is a 1948 film produced in the Netherlands. Audrey Hepburn made her film debut playing a KLM flight attendant in a small role. It was originally shot as part of an English documentary series on aspects of the Netherlands but later expanded to feature film length for an unsuccessful domestic ...
Dunglish (portmanteau of Dutch and English; in Dutch: steenkolenengels, literally: "coal-English") is a popular term for an English spoken with a mixture of Dutch.It is often viewed pejoratively due to certain typical mistakes that native Dutch speakers, particularly those from the Netherlands, make when speaking English. [1]
An intergovernmental symposium in 1991 titled "Transparency and Coherence in Language Learning in Europe: Objectives, Evaluation, Certification" held by the Swiss Federal Authorities in the Swiss municipality of Rüschlikon found the need for a common European framework for languages to improve the recognition of language qualifications and help teachers co-operate.
The Dutch public broadcasting system (Dutch: Nederlands publiek omroepbestel) is a group of organizations that are responsible for public service television and radio broadcasting in the Netherlands. It is composed of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (NPO) foundation, which acts as its governing body, and a number of public broadcasters.