Jacob Poot
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Jacob Poot
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Teaches
Dutch
Native
Speaks
English
Native
German
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
Hindi
Specialties
BusinessMicrosoft Certified Trainer and massive generalised teacher-of-everything
Teaches
Dutch
Native
Speaks
English
Native
German
Chinese (Mandarin)
French
Hindi
Specialties
BusinessMicrosoft Certified Trainer and massive generalised teacher-of-everything
From NetherlandsLiving in Other, Netherlands (06:06 UTC+01:00)
About Me
italki teacher since Nov 5, 2024Interest topicBusiness & FinanceMarketingFoodTravelReading
Hello everyone! My name is Jacob. I'm 35 years old from the Netherlands, and most of my time live in Rotterdam. I wasn't born and raised there, but in Zeeland. Which means that my accent is almost non-existent and just regular Dutch.
In my past time I love to go bouldering, hiking and do rock climbing. This last one brought me to China, after which I decided to study Chinese. And got until about HSK3 until now. In my daily life I'm an IT manager, but I also do lots of freelance movie work and film documentaries. love traveling, multiple months per year, mostly Asia. I've been teaching all kinds of things (sailing, Microsoft certifications, and Chinese) and love to help people learn.Me as a Teacher
Because my of my studies in NLP and a bachelor in Social Work I have learned very well to listen to people, let them set attainable goals for themselves and make a plan to reach those. I accept that there;s multiple learning styles and only use those which are effective to people. I'm very patient, kind, but can also be strict when necessary. Because sometimes you just need a little nudge in the right direction. I will use lots of humor in my classes, am accustomed to working with children as well, and am able to motivate you to continue even when things look tough.My lessons & teaching style
I will offer different kinds of classes. I can help you learn vocabulary, give tools to help learn vocabulary, as well and make small stories to make sure you remember this vocabulary. This has always worked will for me, since I'm a visual learning. Learning by repetition is key in this.
I can also give more structured Classes focussing on sentence learning, in normal day-to-day dutch, so not just lesson book dutch. You want to speak like a native, not like a book.
I can also teach business and movie related classes. how to use speech in dutch corporations, the ethics there and how to talk.
I can teach children, having taught Chinese to children before.
Whatever it is, we'll do it!My teaching material
- Flashcards
- PDF file
- Presentation slides/PPT
- Articles and news
- Text Documents
Teaching experience
2016 - 2020
Microsoft Certified TrainerCertified Microsoft Trainer, giving all kinds of server related and cloud related multiple day courses, letting students prepare for their certifications.
2021 - Current
TrainerI educate new scout troop leaders in getting qualified to be a scout troop leader.
2012 - 2018
Sailing InstructorGiving sailing classes to children and adults, from CWO I to CWO III. This for small boats and also yachts.
Education
2010 - 2014
Bachelor’s - Social WorkBachelor in Social Work, main focus on psychiatry and group processes.
2016 - 2020
Bachelor’s - Electrical EngineeringElectrical engineering, with a focus on computer interface techniques.
2022 - 2023
Other - Documentary producingA one-year documentary making education, learning how to create the story, cinematics, production and editing phases of documentary making. With a high focus on creating visual appealing documentaries for television and online.
Work Experience
2022 - Current
IT ManagerI am currently the IT manager of a big Dutch IT MSP organisation.
2016 - 2020
IT Cloud EngineerBeing a senior cloud engineer in a big IT company, designing, implementing and operating the cloud environment of my company. This also includes running all the projects to move from the on-premises environment to the cloud and the appropriate methods to get there.
2016 - 2020
Microsoft TrainerGiving multiple-day Microsoft courses on cloud engineering, architecting and server management to groups of employees in my company. Using the official Microsoft course work
Dutch Lessons
Trial Lesson
1 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Dutch 101 - The Basics
A1 - A2Language Essentials0 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 10% off
Dutch B levels
B1 - B2Conversation0 lessons completed
USD 10.00+
Package with 10% off
Dutch C levels - Smooth and Skilled
C1 - C2Conversation0 lessons completed
USD 12.50+
Package with 14% off
Business Dutch for IT Professionals: Mastering Communication in the Microsoft & IT World
B2 - C2Business0 lessons completed
USD 17.50+
Package with 8% off
Availability
Based on your timezone (UTC+00:00)
1 Review
蔡斯貝 Ssupei Tsai
1 Dutch lesson
在這節課程中我檢驗了目前的荷蘭語水平，讓我感到驚喜的是我可以聽懂較多的東西，盡管我還不太清楚單字的意思，這對我也是很大的鍛鍊。
Jacob老師是一個很棒的指導者，非常耐心的等著我把想表達的東西說出來，在還沒有上課之前我就對這堂課充滿期待。我也会繼續參與Jacob老師的課程。
Bedankt, meneer Jacob.
Nov 13, 2024
Trial Lesson
USD 10.00
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