Reminder:
- Be on time. You need to be there 15-30 mins before scheduled time. Failure to do so, the appointment will not be rescheduled and you cannot refund the payment.
- Bring any Identification Card. In the information, you will sign in/ log-in because there are a lot of embassies as well in the same building. You will need an ID in exchange of visitors ID.
- Bring your passport. They will need that for validation, also make a xerox copy to give them.
- Bring Jacket. The exam room will brain freeze you (I suffered that)
- Bring Medicine like Paracetamol or Aspirin (Headache, I bet you will gonna have a killer one), Loperamide (Diarrhea- just in case because of the anxiety, high probability of this stress-induced)
- Don't bring anything except if you need eyeglasses and hearing aid.
- Be calm. Being nervous will affect your performance.
- Follow instructions. Speak not too loud, not too soft. Not too fast and not too slow. They will test that in beginning of each parts of exam. There will be a question about where you from and answer MANILLA, FILIPIJNEN.
- They will give you pause (break time) in between each exams for 5-10 mins, Eat before you go to the exam room or before taking the exam (hunger is regulated by complex system of chemicals that sends signals between brain and body, thus when you are hungry all the signals go to your tummy and less will be left in your brain which will decrease your brain function-thinking).
- Ask your question before the exam starts. They will not entertain your questions when you start the exam and they will not pause the recorded questions for you.
- Say "I don't know" if you really don't know the answer. There is no shame on that, I did that 5x.
- Pronounce or read the words as how you learned. Especially the S, T, CH, G, D and double words like UI, EO, etc. In TGN repeat after, if you didn't understand try to imitate the recorded voice like a parrot. (I did that without understanding the sentence, I was scared I will fail in this part)
- Pray. The most powerful weapon of all. I prayed a silent simple one and thank him for giving me this experience. Pass or fail, I accepts it whole-heartedly.
My Results:
*KNS= 29/30 (97%) Dutch history with pictures from 100 fotoboek, takes 15 mins, passing is 70%- 30 chosen questions of Dutch history and answer ALOUD (easiest of all)
- 12 repeat after-part 1 (Nazeggen) you will hear the sentence and just repeat it precisely ALOUD
- 14 Short questions (Korte Vragen) answer the basic dutch questions and answer ALOUD in dutch also
- 12 repeat after- part 2 (Nazeggen) you will hear the sentence and just repeat it precisely ALOUD
- 10 opposite (Tegenstellingen) tell the opposite of the dutch word ALOUD that has been said
- 2 Short stories (Korte Verhaal) which you will listen and just repeat the story on you own words ALOUD in dutch. *Some told me this is not counted on the final exam.
- Read the 4 columns of words ALOUD containing 8 words
- Read the 8 sentences ALOUD
- Read the 3 columns of text ALOUD
- Read the 28 sentences and fill in the correct answer from 3 choices ALOUD
- Read the 3 stories SILENTLY and answer the 4 questions from each of the story ALOUD (you can used pen to take note your answers)
*****I was writing this whole post while waiting for the result and after 1 and half hours, they called my surname. with the result saying VOLDOENDE. To be honest, I didn't understand what she just said but when she handed the paper I cried. I passed.
Good luck to those who will take it.
