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Taaldorp (literally: language village) is an educational method used to practice or test a student's speaking skills in a foreign language.

This method involves simulating a village abroad (for example, by dressing up a classroom with props), in which participants make informal conversation in the foreign language. Inhabitants of the village are played by native speakers, teachers, or older students. The simulated village usually features facilities such as a store, a travel agency, a train station, or a city hall. Students must achieve certain goals in each location - for example, to purchase bread at a bakery or to arrange a trip at the travel agency.

A taaldorp is most often used in teaching teenagers, but is also used in adult education, when teaching expats and in citizenship education.