Feel at home.
A newcomer who speaks Dutch:
- Has more self confidence
- Can more easily ask for help
- Communicates more easily with the employer
- Better understands what is asked for at work
- is more self reliant
- more easily makes a chat with the neighbours
- feels at home more quickly
We find it important that newcomers feel welcome in the Netherlands. We designed Spiekkleding to contribute to this feeling. A good understanding of Dutch opens many doors.
Clearly, good language education is important for learning a new language. Equally important is getting practice with speaking the language. Many newcomers feel inhibited when it comes to speaking Dutch. They worry about making mistakes. And it does not help that many locals switch to English when they notice their conversation partner is not quite fluent in Dutch.
Spiekkleding functions as a wearable reminder of how to say things. Users need not worry about not being able to remember how something is said. Key phrases can be looked up quickly if when necessary. Moreover, Spiekkleding expresses that the user would like to learn Dutch and can be seen as an outreach to start a conversation.
Our mission is to make newcomers feel at home in the Netherlands more quickly by providing language support and stimulating social contact between newcomers and Dutch people.
