I've never actually posted here before, but have enjoyed reading other posts (in English, since I know an extremely small amount of Dutch). :) Anyways, my name is Emily, i'm 17 years old and i'm very interested in the Dutch language and really, everything else having to do with it. My interest stems from my Oma having lived in the Netherlands until she married an American and my mother who was also born there. She only lived there for the first few years of her life though. My Grandmother is fluent, obviously, but my Mother knows no Dutch. I have never had the oppurtunity to visit the Netherlands, but plan to study abroad during college.

I've always wanted to learn Dutch. My grandmother lives a few hours away from me, so she wouldn't be able to teach me. I also am not able to afford any kind of program myself. What I was wondering was if there were any free programs online where I could start getting a grasp of the language. I've searched for such programs multiple times, but I have no clue how to determine their reliability. I need something somewhat easy to follow, pronunciations are probably my biggest concern (having taken 4 years of Latin and 2 years of French, i've come to notice that is my weaker point).

If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it a lot!

Thanks!