inburgerings after 22 years of living in the NL!

[Dacheeta]

Well I have been living here for 22 years, and I have had several different
dutch class's so my dutch is pretty good.

But after 22 years the IND have decided to send me a letter that I will need to
do the inburgerings exam!
When I said I have had many classes in Dutch they gave me till the end of the
week to prove it with my diploma's!! well I can tell you my diploma's were
buried in storage and have been there for years, so I couldn't come up with the
in time, now I have to take the class.

Oh BTW... I had to help the woman who evaluated me with her dutch, as she was an
alloctonen.

Here is a site I put up, have a look if you like:
http://www.in2holland.net

Frank.

[JazzedPotato]

Well I have been living here for 22 years, and I have had several different
dutch class's so my dutch is pretty good.

Hi Frank, welcome.
Good to hear you have been living here for 22 years, I guess you must enjoy it?
As they say, 'shit happens'.. If your Dutch is good, perhaps you can write the message in Dutch next time, to help you (and others reading it) practise your Dutch for your exam.

Oh BTW... I had to help the woman who evaluated me with her dutch, as she was an
alloctonen.

I assume you mean 'allochtoon' ? (the opposite being 'autochtoon' by the way)

2al·loch·toon de; m,v -tonen iem die van elders afkomstig is
http://www.vandale.nl/vandale/opzoeken/ ... allochtoon

Groetjes,

- Jazzed -

[Dacheeta]

Hey Jazzed,

Yes I enjoy living here ~ time flies when you having fun.
Now I have a Canadian partner over from the Toronto area living with me and the girls, so we both have to get with the program and integrate.

Dutch is the mother tongue of my four daughters, however, they can speak English well.

Thanks for the spell correction, you know those two words, 'allochtoon' & 'autochtoon' are sparely used by myself, I remember when that wasn't used as much, and for the majority, 'buitenlander' was used.

Okay is Dutch the preferred language of these forums?
If so I don't mind, I'll keep to the rules

Frank.
http://www.in2holland.net

[JazzedPotato]

Hey Jazzed,

Yes I enjoy living here ~ time flies when you having fun.
Now I have a Canadian partner over from the Toronto area living with me and the girls, so we both have to get with the program and integrate.

Dutch is the mother tongue of my four daughters, however, they can speak English well.

Good to hear, I am sure they do!

Thanks for the spell correction, you know those two words, 'allochtoon' & 'autochtoon' are sparely used by myself, I remember when that wasn't used as much, and for the majority, 'buitenlander' was used.

No problem. Yes these words change every so often, depending on the 'fashion' and the 'zeitgeist'/ sign of the times I suppose.
Actually 'allochtoon' now sometimes has a bit of a derogative connotation as I imagine you might be aware of, but really the word just means 'of foreign origin' i.e. not native.

Okay is Dutch the preferred language of these forums?
If so I don't mind, I'll keep to the rules

Frank.
http://www.in2holland.net

Not sure if 'preferred language' is the right term for it, as people who don't speak Dutch obviously can ask or say anything in English as well. However this is a forum used for learning and practising Dutch, and many people read the forum to practise and learn the language, yes.

As I thought it would/could be an added bonus to you, as you have to do the exam , I suggested this. However it is up to you, there is no obligation of course.

groetjes,

- Jazzed -

[Vicky]

IND is echt bezig met de oudkomers denk ik . Ik heb zoiets gisteren op buitenlandsepartner.nl gelezen: Na 18 jaar werken op Nederlandse basisschool ... oproep voor inburgeringscursus
http://www.buitenlandsepartner.nl/forum ... icle=47907

[Dacheeta]

Yes I think there in a different phase with inburgerings class.
Have a look at this link.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/09/american_must_integrate_after.php