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Why does almost everyone in the Netherlands speak English?
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- Dark bookshelves full of paperbacks, a small shelf label reading English NovelsPhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 2
- Bar chart: people who say they can hold a conversation in English, Netherlands 90 percent, EU average 38 percent, 2012Image: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against European Commission, Special Eurobarometer 386, Europeans and their Languages, fieldwork Feb to Mar 2012
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- A white bookshop facade with large blue letters reading The American Book Center, under a blue skyPhoto: RN Collins
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- A newsagent window with the words athenaeum nieuwscentrum painted on the glass and a striped awning rollPhoto: RN Collins
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- A green floor sticker in Dutch and English: Hier bouwen we aan de toekomst, we are building the future herePhoto: RN Collins
- Slide 6
- Two shelves of colorful paperbacks under a row of books displayed face outPhoto: RN Collins