THE HAGUE: Dutch people mustn't undervalue their own language. This is what Eberhard van der Laan the minister for housing, communities and integration thinks, as was published on the ministry's website.
According to the Minister "As soon as they realise that they're speaking to someone who's Dutch isn't very good, Dutch people then have the tendency to change to a language that suits the other person. They mean well, but the other person doesn't learn anything from it. Encourage the other person, help them, but continue to speak your own language. Other countries do it and that encourages foreign residents to learn the language as quickly as possible."
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