{"id":43753,"date":"2026-09-16T14:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/?page_id=43753"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:30:14","slug":"maud-beersmans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/maud-beersmans\/","title":{"rendered":"Maud Beersmans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"header-single   \" >\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"background-image hidden lg:block\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inverted\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Portret-Maud-def.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Portret Maud def\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" class=\"aligncenter size- wp-image-35933 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Portret-Maud-def.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Portret-Maud-def-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Portret-Maud-def-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Portret-Maud-def-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Portret-Maud-def-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wrapper\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"the-breadcrumb burgundy\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" role=\"navigation\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><ol><li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"px-2 breadcrumb-separator\"><svg class=\"icon-breadcrumb\" width=\"5\" height=\"8\" viewBox=\"0 0 5 8\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M0.5 7.16667L3.83333 3.83333L0.5 0.5\" stroke=\"#A64B63\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/svg><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"title\">Maud Beersmans<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Employed at Babel since: 1999<br \/>\nNationality: Dutch, but I was born in Germany and have a Belgian father and a Dutch mother<br \/>\nMother tongue: Dutch<br \/>\nTeaches: Dutch as a second language<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/section>\r\n\n\n    <section class=\"content-page py-4 lg:py-16 bg-transparent\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"container grid grid-cols-4 gap-4 md:grid-cols-8 md:gap-5 lg:grid-cols-12 lg:gap-6\">\r\n            <div class=\"wrapper col-span-4 md:col-span-8 lg:col-start-3\">\r\n                <h2 class=\"mb-0\">Meet Maud<\/h2>                                    <div class=\"content-section\">\r\n                        <p>I love language and culture. After studying Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching, I became an NT2 teacher; I have now been teaching for over 30 years and am the (co-)author of De opmaat, De sprong and De finale. I love the social aspect of my work because I meet people from different backgrounds and we always have plenty of interesting topics to discuss. I do my best to help my students achieve their learning goals and feel at home in the Netherlands and with the Dutch language. In my lessons, I believe it\u2019s important to keep things varied, ensure everyone gets enough attention, and that we have fun too.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to my many years of experience, I have a good understanding of the challenges my students face and the questions they\u2019d like answers to. 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