About Us
The Dutch Language School was established in 2001 to promote the Dutch language and Dutch culture and aims to provide high quality teaching & tuition in the Dutch language.
We believe that Dutch is an easy language to learn for English speakers (compared to say French, German or Spanish) having a straightforward grammar and many of the same or similar words to English.
Bregje van Tiel
Bregje van Tiel is the Head Teacher of the Dutch Language School. A native Dutch speaker, she was born and raised in the province of Noord-Brabant in the south of the Netherlands. In 2006, she moved to the United Kingdom, where she lives with her British husband and their two children.
Bregje trained as a teacher of Dutch as a Second Language (NT2) at Inholland University of Applied Sciences. Since 2014, she has been actively involved in Dutch language education in England.
In addition to leading the Dutch Language School, Bregje teaches at De Droomtorens, a Dutch primary school in Oxford, and also teaches Dutch in London.
She is passionate about providing high-quality Dutch language education in an engaging, and supportive learning environment, inspiring children and adults to develop confidence in both their language skills and their Dutch cultural heritage.
Karin de Wijs
The founder of the Dutch Language School was Karin de Wijs. Karin is a Dutch national and Dutch native speaker who originates from the town of 's Hertogenbosch in the south of the Netherlands. She graduated in 1986 as a teacher from the Fontys University of Applied sciences in Tilburg specialising in Dutch and Social Studies.
Karin has taught Dutch at language schools in the Netherlands, Belgium and England, and at Oxford University Language Centre.
Furthermore, she published a study book for Beginners Plus, titled Authentic Travel Stories for Learners of Dutch.