Heritage language education network

A heritage language school is a program which offers children the opportunity to develop one of the languages they speak at home or that is part of their cultural heritage. 

Find an education specialist

Handy Dutch words and phrases

  • bibliotheek - library
  • moedertaal - native language
  • moedertaalspreker - native speaker

The classes take place after school or in the weekend throughout the school year. This form of education is available in over 20 languages in Eindhoven. For a directory of the heritage language schools in the region, visit the HLE Network website.

HLE Network partnered with Eindhoven Library and The Reading Pier to create the International Children's Book Collection, which has children’s books in more than 10 languages. The collection is available at Eindhoven library.

For more information

  • Information on heritage language schools in Eindhoven

  • Information on the International Children's Book collection from Eindhoven library

Also in this section