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Brigitte
Dutch
Native
English
Greek
Arabic

From Netherlands

Living in Athens, Greece

I was born in Amsterdam, where I have lived most of my life. In 2006 I moved to Greece. I have a technical background and worked 16 years in IT. In 2010 I made a drastical career change from IT to language teaching. Since then I have been teaching Dutch, Greek, English and German as private lessons and at schools and finally mainly through Skype. Although I have a technical background (Electrical Engineering / IT) I always had a desire to do more with languages and I have a talent for learning languages and teaching. During my IT career I also had to teach (the use of specific software etc.). At some point when it was time to find an other job, I made the change to become a full time language teacher. Since then I have been building up my experience at schools, in private lesson and very soon also through Skype. My teaching approach depends on the students' level and their goals. I can prepare you for a specific exam like the Dutch Integration Exam (A1 or A2) or NT2 (B1 or B2) or for a CNaVT certificate (A1 - C1) or just teach you Dutch or Greek in a way that suits your way of learning. I usually work with books, but I add a lot of my own material and audio and video material or articles, based on the interests of the student. I regularly measure progress, evaluate the lessons and make sure that my students are satisfied. But most of all learning a language must be a pleasure. This is what I work on most, excellent relationships with my students and making every lesson a lan...
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Trial Lesson
32 lessons completed
USD 5.00+
Dutch for beginners
A1-C2
Language Essentials
58 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Nederlands voor gevorderden (naar B1 - B2)
A1-C2
28 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Vloeiend Nederlands (vanaf B2)
A1-C2
12 lessons completed
USD 30.00+
Extra homework service and offline support
A1-C2
0 lessons completed
USD 16.00
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For beginners·5
Miguel Pérez Picazo
1 Dutch lesson
Brigitte did an excellent job!!! I highly recommend her, I asked her to translate my web into Dutch, and she did in a very short time :)
Student Jason
Jason
1 Dutch lesson
Brigitte was very nice -- she asked me questions to get me talking, and helped me with the words I didn't know. She also offered me advice and resources for getting more language exposure in my upcoming trip to the Netherlands.
Student lksaltern
lksaltern
1 Dutch lesson
Brigitte is a competent language teacher that makes efficient use of the lesson time. Very helpful!
zach ricks
1 Dutch lesson
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Student Joshua (何浩博)
Joshua (何浩博)
1 Dutch lesson
Very friendly, very helpful, very knowledgeable. I definitely want to continue taking lessons with this teacher in the future.
Student Paul
Paul
18 Dutch lessons
Goed zo!