{"id":43760,"date":"2026-09-16T14:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/?page_id=43760"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:55:39","slug":"henny-ruitenbeek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/henny-ruitenbeek\/","title":{"rendered":"Henny Ruitenbeek"},"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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Portret-Henny.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Portret Henny\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" class=\"aligncenter size- wp-image-39788 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Portret-Henny.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Portret-Henny-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Portret-Henny-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Portret-Henny-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Portret-Henny-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(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\">Henny Ruitenbeek &#8211; NT2 trainer<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;I find it inspiring that, through my work, I can make a small contribution to helping people live together in the Netherlands.&#8221;<\/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 Henny<\/h2>                                    <div class=\"content-section\">\r\n                        <p>Employed at Babel since: 2022<br \/>\nNationality: Dutch<br \/>\nNative language: Dutch<br \/>\nTeaches: Dutch<\/p>\n<p>Amsterdam is where I grew up, and later I lived in various places in the Netherlands and abroad. My working life has also been varied. After working for many years as a lecturer and historical researcher at university, I have been working as a Dutch teacher since 2010, most recently at Babel. As well as Dutch, I speak French, German and English. In my role as a teacher-developer, I develop new courses, design tests and exams, and teach Dutch \u2013 mainly NT2 but also NT1. I also teach intercultural studies. I offer all of this through standard courses and tailor-made training courses, both for individuals and groups.<\/p>\n<p>I find it inspiring that, through my work, I can make a small contribution to helping people live together in the Netherlands. My interest in tailor-made training programmes lies primarily in the higher, academic language levels, and as a teacher I enjoy observing and sensing which teaching approach is best suited to each student. Beneath the initial language request there are often more specific language needs, and my students appreciate my ability to identify these and respond to them.<\/p>\n<h3>Education and training<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/course\/dutch\/elementary-dutch-a\/\">Elementary Dutch course (A0 \u2192 A2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/course\/dutch\/intermediate-dutch-b1\/\">Intermediate Dutch (A2 \u2192 B1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/course\/dutch\/upper-intermediate-dutch-b2\/\">Upper-Intermediate Dutch (B1 \u2192 B2)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/course\/dutch\/advanced-dutch-b2\/\">Advanced Dutch (B2 \u2192 B2+)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.babel.nl\/en\/course\/dutch\/advanced-dutch-c1\/\">Advanced Dutch (B2+ \u2192 C1)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nederlands voor Vergevorderden (C1 \u2192 C2)<\/li>\n<li>Kennis van de Nederlandse Maatschappij (KNM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                    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