English teacher, Leeuwarden - Preparing for TOEFL, IELTS or improvement of reading, speech and listening

Noël started studying tourism in Leeuwarden a couple of years ago. Since then he surrounded himself with international students. He works with international students, he lives with international students, and he speaks English everyday with students who've studied the English language for years.

English has become his first language when he moved to Leeuwarden.

As a person, Noël has a very high empathetic ability. He has a very calm and soothing personality, which I think is very important for a teacher. If a student can't seem to understand or just can't get it right, Noël has the amount of calmness that he just very slowly and thouroughly explains the obstacles that you're facing.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand the problem within 10 minutes, 15 minutes or 30 minutes. He knows what kind of obstacles he has faced earlier in his life, he tries to explain everything exactly right on your level.

Which I think a lot of teachers lack. What I mean by this is that most teachers know a lot about a subject, but a lot of teachers also explain everything as how they would explain the problems to someone with their high level of expertise. Noël isn't like that, he briefs your level and explains everything exactly right on your level. I don't even think he does this on purpose, I think it's an automatic ability that he has. But still, I don't know a lot of people who can do that, and certainly not teachers at school.

These are the reasons why I think, Noël could be a teacher, at home, at a school or even at a University. He wouldn't stop teaching you untill you absolutely have the right amount of knowledge about the subject that you're facing.

Noël asked me to do a review of him, which is a very hard thing to do. It actually took me several days to think about the correct things to say. The last thing I want to say is, being very intelligent isn't necessarily a 'must' to become an English teacher. But Noël is up at the top of the most intelligent people that I know, and I don't even think that he realises that.

Noël blijft mij verbazen met zijn kennis over de Engelse taal, en zijn oog voor detail.

Zonder noel had ik zeker niet de hoge cijfers op school projecten gehaald als die ik had gehaald.

I know Noel since 3 years and in these years, I spent almost everyday with him in the University in Leeuwarden but also outside the university environment. Therefore, I know him as a close friend but also as a colleague. His level of english is superb, he can deliver professional pitches and presentation and write great reports. I strcitly reccomend Noel as a teacher because of his friendly, open-minded personality and the patience he possesses when he explains things. He is very exhaustive and explain everything in detail.

Noel is a very compassionate person that likes bringing out the best of someone. Further, he proved his eloquence in a foreign language countless times throughout the time of his studies and helped me develop professionally.