The Second World War, legislative changes, and on-going globalisation are some of the causes that diminished the reach of the German language in the Netherlands. Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam studied the current state of the use of the German language and found that research participants had ‘no-connection’ …

Linguistadores ,headquartered in the Netherlands is a young start up company that started its business in February 2012. Via its web site customers can learn foreign languages. Instead of sitting in a classroom, users have the opportunity to learn languages online in their preferred environment and whenever …

In this paper we describe our work in progress on the development of a set of criteria to predict text difficulty in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). These texts are used in a four year bachelor program, which is being brought in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages …

This marketing communication plan will provide a research in order to reposition the Travel & Languages program as a part of the company Travel Active. Travel Active's program requires a repositioning because there exists a severe competition in the market of studying languages abroad. Due to the fact …

This report provides a concise interpretation of the findings concerning expats as a new target audience for Movies that Matter Festival in The Hague, the Netherlands. For a communication professional in the film industry it is important to have clear objectives - in the case of Movies that Matter Festival, …

For a few years now, Holland Casino has struggled for financial survival of the ongoing economic crisis. The financial situation is bad and there are no signs of improvement in the near future. The flow of foreign visitors is declining, and to achieve a reversal of this process a new marketing strategy …

Poster presented at the workshop Rural signing varieties: social dynamics and linguistic structure, results from the EuroBABEL project on 'Endangered Sign Languages in Village Communities', Leiden, 7th November 2012

The ANWB department in Lyon helps Dutch people who have problems with their car in France. This department works with Dutch staff, but is situated in Lyon, France. Therefore it has to work closely together with French services. An international working environment can create a stimulating atmosphere …

A few teachers in the Modern Foreign Languages Department at my teaching practice school Broekland are interested in teaching language in accordance to the new learning approach in the lower years. The new learning is the term used to refer to new learning outcomes, new kinds of learning processes, and …

Constructing artificial moral agents serves at least two purposes: one, better understanding of moral reasoning, and, two, increasing our trust and confidence in creating autonomous agents acting on our behalf. When constructing agents we must identify what kind of agent we are trying to implement acknowledging …