Schrijfwijzer Compact

The most used writing guide

The small and handy version of the Schrijfwijzer – the most used Dutch writing guide – has now been completed revised. Featuring recent language issues, up-to-date examples and a clear presentation of all linguistic rules, Schrijfwijzer Compact is a practical writing tool for many language users.

The book is intended for anyone who has to write in Dutch for class or work from time to time and who wants to have concise, expert advice on hand to help them do so. The book helps:

• evaluate whether a text is well written;
• increase the readability of a text;
• improve the sentence structure and word choice
• avoid spelling and punctuation mistakes.

It also explains the primary components of larger publications, such as theses and reports, demonstrates how to draw up tables, bibliographies and letters and offers tips for e-mail correspondence and web content.

This book provides access to hundreds of practice and test questions, to be found on our website www.schrijfwijzeroefeningen.nl. Besides exercises and tests, this online platform also includes concise theory, which helps students to improve their Dutch language proficiency. Extensive and clear feedback is provided individually. Furthermore, the website enables students to follow their own progress and contains a student tracking system for teachers.