Comment by melvinroest
7 hours ago
Knowing English as a second language and Dutch as a first language is different than knowing, for example, Dutch as a second language and English as a first.
I know people in both camps. I have more respect for English speakers learning Dutch than for Dutch speakers learning English. Even though I respect both. But the simple truth is: there's a lot of incentive to learn English. There is not a lot of incentive to learn Dutch.
Also, as an aside: Dutch is probably the closest language to English (aside from very minor or no longer spoken languages).
no, not really, dutch are close to german. Spanish is closer to english, than dutch.
The Foreign Service Institute has a language difficulty rating, based on the first language of a speaker, to estimate the number of class hours needed to achieve fluency in English.
Learning English from Dutch is 24-30 weeks whereas from German is 36 weeks. I am assuming some degree of reciprocity but maybe not.
(1) https://dlsdc.com/blog/fsi-language-difficulty/