Interview 4 Ward (Bram)
Questions – Demografie
- How old are you? 26 years old
- Where do you live? Den Haag
- Are you from the Netherlands? No
- Where are you from? France
- And for how long do you live in the Netherlands? 1 month
- Did you study? Yes
- What did you study and on which level? IT Engineering
- Do you have a job? A kind of, I am self employed
- Where do you work? At home
- What is your function/job? Developer and trader
Questions – Personal
- How would you describe your day in one sentence? Sunny but seagulls are being damn noisy, most of the time at home right now due the corona situation
- What do you do on an average day? Playing games, taking walks, etc. with my girlfriend
- What do you like to do in your daily life and with who? Most things that involve having to deal with people really
Questions – Learning Dutch
- Are you already learning Dutch? Learning is a strong word, mostly trying to assimilate some words here and there
- Are you still learning and improving your Dutch? I guess
- How are you learning Dutch, what methods do you use? Mostly exposure to vocabulary outside (grocery shopping, etc) and a bit of duolingo
- Is it hard for you to learn Dutch? Kinda yeah, quite a hard language for people coming from latin-speaking countries (france, italy, spain)
- Why do/don’t you think it is a hard to learn language? See previous
- Do you like to learn Dutch? Not really, mostly doing it out of need/respect
- Why do/don’t you like it to learn Dutch? Just not that much of a fan of how the language is constructed/spoken, but to be fair I’m not a fan of my own language (french) either, would rather be speaking english all the time
- What is hard for you to learn? Nothing specific, or everything
- Why do you wan’t to learn Dutch? Just to communicate/understand people better and blend it if I were to stay here forever
- What do you expect from learning Dutch? The ability to talk to dutch people more easily
- What helped you with learning Dutch, methods/tricks? Just learning it by myself, learning single words in my daily life
- How long are you learning Dutch already? for one month now
Questions – App
- Do you use apps to learn Dutch? Yes
- What apps and why do you use those apps? Duolingo a little bit because it’s casual and friendly
- What works the best for you to learn Dutch words? Nothing specific, just repetition
- What does not work good for you to learn Dutch? I don’t know yet
