Ton van Hattum

Teaching Phylosophy, Methodology, Flexibility

A good teaching philosophy is much more important than any method.

Good teaching is based on the philosophy that the teacher constantly needs to look for what the student wants and needs to learn. Elements from different teaching methods should be used and when necessary, new materials and techniques should be developed. Following these principles, Ton van Hattum ensures his students can efficiently learn to speak and communicate adequately in English and Dutch (Netherlands).

One of the biggest problems of learning a foreign language is fear, the fear of not being able to do it:

"I'll never be able to speak that language."

Several techniques are used to help the student overcome this fear, to help the student starting to feel that she or he can express him or herself in English or Dutch. More about teaching phylosophy, methodology, flexibility.

English Immersion Course

A very efficient way to improve your English is by entering an immersion course course. It is called immersion because you are completely surrounded by or immersed in the English language. More information abut the immersion courses

The Communicative Approach Rethought

The communicative approach is based on a very interesting idea. A strong point of the communicative approach is that it focuses on the student's ability to transmit ones ideas in the target language, in this case English and Dutch. Unfortunately, the way it is often interpreted and implanted, in my opinion, doesn't quite have the result one could expect.

Example of developed teaching material

Scientific Research

Translation, semantic analysis and adaptation of
the Check List of Interpersonal Transactions – Revised.

Psychometrics properties of
the Checklist of Interpersonal Transactions – Revised

Curriculum Vitae

Web Design

Manuals for:

Hosting a Site

Sub-domain or your own domain (in preparation)
Upload, download, backup, FTP

Register a Domain for your Site

- How to prevent that others discover the domain name you wish to register
- How to avoid being a hostage of your web hosting service provider

Building and Maintenance of a Site

Build and maintain your own site or have it built and maintained; aspects of how sites and the Internet work that are important to know before starting to construct a website. (in preparation)

Feedback from visitors: php, mySQL

Visitor opinions, feedback using php and SQL, tutorial based on the system of this site (in preparation)

Email Address Encryptor

Protect your email address by hiding it from spammers by enciphering it with the encryptor on this page

Software and Linkography

A selection of software and links to Information, with description and why I like them.