As mentioned in the video, during the two-month sprint, choosing what not to study was even harder — and more crucial — than deciding what to study. With an overwhelming abundance of learning resources available, here I’ll simply share the ones I actually used throughout my challenge.
Meanwhile, I did not use any additional physical textbooks.My Only Principle: Start with the End in Mind.
Understand the grading criteria, practice exam questions, and figure out the answering techniques.
Grading Criteria
- Writing: https://vocus.cc/wo/680d41e2fd89780001977fd6
- Speaking: https://vocus.cc/wo/680d45a8fd8978000198021b
Practice Materials
Only used practice questions that closely match the official exam's format, difficulty, and types of questions.
- Official Practice Questions: https://inburgeren.nl/en/taking-the-integration-exam/practicing.jsp
- Archived Official Practice Questions: https://vocus.cc/wo/67df37f4fd89780001dbe987
Listening exam transcript video: https://youtu.be/Rd80j_yTfAM?si=opUz_q5pwJzko6JT - Speaking Practice: Ad Appel Taaltrainingen https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhM-IdBEVjgVPw6drrCScntDW05asFzL&si=1lQXlUMgp30Zc8oF
- Listening Practice: Learn with Hans
- https://vocus.cc/wo/67df37f4fd89780001dbe987
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK_GjuUncFI
Tools
- Inburgering Online: https://www.inburgeringonline.nl/
- Anki: https://apps.ankiweb.net/
Digital flashcards with cross-platform synchronization. - ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/
No further explanation needed — just use ChatGPT for everything! (However, note that the advanced voice feature isn’t very practical; it struggles with larger text inputs and only allows full voice communication without text or images.) - Voice Maker: https://voicemaker.in/
Text-to-speech tool. You can import the generated audio files into your flashcard app. - Whisper: https://github.com/openai/whisper
A tool for generating transcripts. (You’ll need to consult ChatGPT for detailed installation and usage instructions. Also, before using Whisper, you must first download the media file locally — this can often be done through browser "Inspect" tools. I won’t go into more details here.)
