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Gedion Verkerk
Papiamento
Native
English
Dutch
Spanish
Portuguese
Other

From Netherlands

Living in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles

With Love for Languages and Culture Hi, I'm Gedion, and I'm excited to be teaching Papiamentu on Italki. The reason why I decided to join Italki as a Community Tutor is because of my love for languages and my wish to see Papiamentu grow as a language. During my classes I like to ask the student what their needs, goals and interests are so that we can combine grammar and conversation practice in which we talk about things that truly interest you. I'm also very happy to answer any questions, translate or explain and doubts you may have outside of class. In your first class, we will be looking at the background of these languages. We will also learn how to introduce ourselves. Based on your interest(s), we will be continuing with language acquisition. That's right. We won't be learning the language. Instead, we will get so familiar with it that sooner or later we will start having actual conversations.
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  • PDF file
  • Text Documents
  • Video files
  • Articles and news
  • Homework Assignments
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133 lessons completed
USD 25.00
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5.0
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Ray Gayle
4 Papiamento lessons
The lesson coursework is very engaging and I feel very locked in when doing the lesson. I’m excited for the next one
Austin Benjamin
8 Papiamento lessons
Gideon is always on time and during our conversation Lessons hé corrects the mistakes I make and shows me how to do it better. Always in a good and profesional way.
Austin Benjamin
8 Papiamento lessons
Today I had another very nice lesson with Gedion. He gives me good feedback and works on my vocabulary.
Ray Gayle
4 Papiamento lessons
I enjoyed not only his teaching manner but the casual nature of the lesson. It was engaging and gave me a good foundation to continue to build on.
Student Chris
Chris
1 Papiamento lesson
Had an AWESOME first Papiamentu lesson with Gedion. This is going to be a great learning experience, I’m sure!
Student Arjan
Arjan
1 Papiamento lesson
It was an exciting first step to learn this beautiful language better. Gidion has a lot of information and learning materials. I look forward to the next lesson.