Taal & Entrepreneurship

After arriving in the Netherlands five years ago, Daniela de Barros Mertens Machado quickly began looking for a Dutch language course. Because she wanted to become an entrepreneur, she took the course afterward. Taal for Beginners the course Taal and Entrepreneurship at TopTaalIt brought her so much that she now sells her own Brazilian cheese bread.

Daniela speaks Dutch quite well, but would like to improve her knowledge further. Preferably at TopTaal. 'Everyone speaks good English here. That makes it easy to feel at home, but it's still important to be able to speak Dutch. In the supermarket, it's nice if you can ask for something or say thank you. Letters sent to your home are always written in Dutch too. To understand them, you have to taal 'control', says Daniela, who recently moved to Almere with her husband Alexandre, daughter Sofia and their dog.

If I take another course, I will definitely come back to TopTaal

Through the municipality Amsterdam Daniela ended up at TopTaalShe first took the course there Taal for Beginners, which she is very enthusiastic about. 'It was a great course and we had a really nice group. The teacher Ingrid explained very well; that was very helpful to me. During the course Taal and Entrepreneurship which I followed afterwards, I have business language learn to speak. To start your own business, it is very useful. " During the 26 lessons Daniela learned everything she needed to start a business in the Netherlands. She practiced vocabulary in class and was introduced to bodies such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Tax Authorities.

'With practical assignments we worked towards our own business plan. At the end we gave a presentation of the company that we wanted to found. That was very nice. I graduated in Marketing and want to open a cafe with Alejandre in the future. At the moment I bake Brazilian cheese bread myself. It is a well-known Brazilian specialty that you do not see much in the Netherlands. I expected that mainly Dutch people would be my customers, because you eat a lot of bread. But now my clients are mainly Brazilians. "

School
When her daughter is a little older and the move is over, Daniela wants to resume the lessons. Preferably at TopTaal. 'I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but the teachers at TopTaal are so much better prepared. The students at TopTaal They're very kind. If I take another course, I'll definitely come back to you, whether I get it from the municipality or have to pay for it myself.

In the meantime, Daniela is enjoying her time in the Netherlands. "I'm very happy here. Here we can just walk outside with our dog and with Sofia. That was no longer possible in São Paulo at some point because the streets became much too dangerous. At home, Daniela and Alejandre speak Portuguese, but as soon as their daughter is a little older, they want to be able to communicate with her in Dutch as well. "When Sofia goes to school, I want to taal "Really speaking. I should be able to help her with her homework, right?" Daniela concludes.

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