{"id":9675,"date":"2013-09-05T10:32:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T10:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress72\/?p=24331"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:30","slug":"foreign-students-are-undutchable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2013\/09\/05\/foreign-students-are-undutchable\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign students are undutchable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign students hardly participate in Dutch student life. Their peer groups consist primarily of other foreigners, according to research of the LSVb (Dutch National Student Union). In Rotterdam there is moderate integration to none at all, states the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Rotterdam.<\/p>\n<p>The National Union\u2019s research among nearly seven hundred foreign bachelor, master and PhD students shows that integration is in disarray. LSVb Chairman Jorien Janssen explains that language is the largest barrier. About sixty percent of foreign students would like to learn Dutch, but language courses are generally too expensive. Learning by doing, specifically by talking Dutch to fellow students, doesn\u2019t really work. For one, conversations quickly switch to English. For two, foreigners get little practice because they are rarely part of a Dutch peer group. A mere 25 percent is a member of a Dutch sports club, fraternity, or sorority. \u201cIt is as if Dutch and foreign students are living in two separate worlds,\u201d concludes the LSVb.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe notice that some students come here speaking only broken English, let alone Dutch,\u201d says Yoshimitsu de Swaan Arons (25), President of ESN Rotterdam. \u201cThat actively hinders integration.\u201d But not all international students are ill-prepared, he reckons. \u201cDue to their situation, many international students are very open, social and open minded. The same cannot be said of the Dutch students they meet here during their stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <em>Read the entire article in EM #02, which appears today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<div data-name=\"acf\/posts\" class=\"alignfull py-6 md:py-8 lg:py-10 bg-white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fixed\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"space-y-6 md:space-y-8\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"text-xl md:text-2xl\">Latest news<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"post-grid\" class=\"grid items-stretch grid-cols-1 gap-2 md:gap-4 lg:gap-8 text-zoom-lg:grid-cols-1\n\t\t\n\t\tlg:grid-cols-3\n\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<li class=\"@container\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div data-component=\"teaser-post\" class=\"block-theme-violet hidden lg:flex h-full relative flex bg-sand-300\n\tblock-theme-violet:bg-white block-theme-violet:text-purple block-theme-mocha:bg-sand-500 block-theme-mocha:text-brown\n\tblock-theme-sand:bg-sand-300 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inaugural lecture The art of healing\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-4 items-center\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Gepubliceerd op:<\/span>\n\t\t\t<time class=\"text-sm font-soehne text-neutral-900\" datetime=\"2026-06-24\">24 June 2026<\/time>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<ul data-component=\"list-badges\" class=\"flex items-center gap-2 flex-wrap\" aria-label=\"Geplaatst in categorie\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCulture\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-component=\"badge\" class=\"block-theme-violet:bg-purple font-soehne font-bold text-sm bg-brown-600 block-theme-violet:bg-purple text-white py-[2px] px-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\tScience\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div 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