Language students call a CUSTOMER SERVICE number... and need to speak ONLY in DUTCH!

What happens when language students (including beginners) call a customer service number...
... and need to speak only in Dutch?

How long will it take before they switch to English?

How long will they manage to have a phone conversation in Dutch?

We did the challenge with our language students, with different levels of Dutch:

Level descriptions:
Level 1 group (0 to A1), ±0-50 hours of Dutch class
Level 2 group (A1 to A2), ±50-100 hours of Dutch class
Level 3 group (from A2 to A2+), ±100-150 hours of Dutch class
Level 4 group (from A2+ to B1), ±150-250 hours of Dutch class

Mistakes marked in the video:
We've chosen to mark small translation/grammar mistakes in red for educational purposes. We have deliberately chosen a very light red font, so as not to put too much stress on the mistakes, because when you learn a language, you shouldn't be afraid to make mistakes! Words that should have been in the sentence (to have a correct sentence) are marked with square brackets.

Corrections:
2:13 'mogen wij informationen wissen op de e-bikes' - mogen wij informatie over de e-bikes
2:39 'ik mag een vraag praten voor de fietsen' - mag ik een vraag stellen over de fietsen
2:54 'verstaan jou' - versta je
3:09 'wissen welke type of' - weten welk type van'
3:20 'vraagde voor' - bel voor
3:50 'een fietsen' - een fiets
4:14 'niet e-bike' - geen e-bike
4:23 'wij wil' - wij willen
4:29/4:35 'heb jullie' - hebben jullie
8:28 'hoe lang ik kan krijgen de fieten?' - wanneer kan ik de fietsen krijgen?
8:57 'Hoeveel het kost?' - Hoeveel kost het?
9:28 'Jij zegt net jij wil proefrit' - Jij zegt net dat je een proefrit wilt.
9:29 'Nu jij wil...' - Nu wil jij...
9:53 'Ciao, ciao' - Doei doei.

More #dutchculture videos with Dutch language students in the following playlist:
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Video produced by:
Bart de Pau
(online Dutch teacher and founder of the Dutch Summer School and Dutch Winter School)

Editing: Nicolas Balbontin, Kim van den Corput, Bart de Pau
Video was recorded at the BLC Dutch Summer School - 2019 in Amsterdam.

To know more about our:
- Dutch Summer School: https://dutchsummerschool.nl
- Dutch Winter School: https://dutchwinterschool.nl
- Learn Dutch online with Bart de Pau: https://www.learndutch.org