{"id":1966,"date":"2021-03-12T14:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2021-03-12T14:42:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:42:12","slug":"a-second-language-7000-miles-away-the-struggle-and-undertaking-of-st-eustatius-to-master-the-dutch-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/1966\/a-second-language-7000-miles-away-the-struggle-and-undertaking-of-st-eustatius-to-master-the-dutch-language\/","title":{"rendered":"A Second Language 7000 Miles Away:  The Struggle and Undertaking of St. Eustatius to Master the Dutch Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"1058\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/378\/2021\/03\/Audio-Statia-2.0.mp3'>A Second Language 7000 Miles Away:  The Struggle and Undertaking of St. Eustatius to Master the Dutch Language<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/svjmedia.nl\\\/internationaljournalism\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/378\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Audio-Statia-2.0.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"A Second Language 7000 Miles Away:  The Struggle and Undertaking of St. Eustatius to Master the Dutch Language\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"Statia audio Kim Parren\",\"meta\":{\"year\":\"2021\",\"length_formatted\":\"3:11\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/svjmedia.nl\\\/internationaljournalism\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/svjmedia.nl\\\/internationaljournalism\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>St. Eustatius became a special municipality of the kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010. This led to students being obligated to learn the Dutch language even though they live thousands of kilometers away from the Netherlands. It was also the sole language of instruction up until 2014. Now it has been changed to the dominant foreign language. What does this mean for the pupils? Doesn\u2019t this resemble something out of the colonial times? Do the students struggle to learn Dutch on an island where they never come in contact with the language or have any use for it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Adriaan D\u2019Haens expert on Dutch as a foreign language (at St Eustatius &amp; Saba) was interviewed to shed light on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Eustatius became a special municipality of the kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010. This led to students being obligated to learn the Dutch language even though they live thousands of kilometers away from the Netherlands. 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