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๐ $1 trial class!
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Preparation for DILF / DELF / DALF / TEF / TCF
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French native of Paris
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French pronunciation par excellence
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25 years of experience in tutoring and upgrading (children and adults)
๐ I will help you perfect your skills, and get up to the level you want to reach.
๐๏ธ I use multiple media for our courses:
- books, novels, poems, comics
- films, series, documentaries, videos, audio files
- DILF, DALF, DELF, TEF, TCF test records and other exams
- articles, websites, blogs
- cooking recipes, song lyrics
- your daily life
- questions on a specific theme or lexical field
- your own documents, and those you want to decode or better understand
๐ญ I would be able to show you how French is rich in nuances. I will teach you to distinguish words or expressions from formal or informal language, from polite or rude, literary, colloquial language, and even for slang words!
๐ผ Professional or commercial French: I will help you with my knowledge in economics, accounting, commercial management, marketing, copywriting.
I will be very rigorous in pronunciation. Every misconception in pronunciation is a risk you take on your negotiations and contracts. I will be there to guide you, so that you can acquire the type of language adapted to the business world, very different from commonly spoken French.
๐ DILF, DELF, DALF, TEF, TCF: a goal without a plan is doomed to failure. We will establish a plan of attack to get to the level you want to achieve. Each course will target a particular difficulty.
๐ French literature, poetry, plays, cinema, music, art and culture: French writers and poets such as Montesquieu, Rousseau, Honorรฉ de Balzac, Antoine de Saint-Exupรฉry, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Moliรจre, including Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Guy de Maupassant, Baudelaire, Verlaine, Rimbaud, Romain Rolland, Stendhal... Former French singers such as Charles Aznavour, รdith Piaf, Jacques Brel or Alain Barriรจre, Serge Gainsbourg (or more recent singers that you will suggest to me ). Actors such as Alain Delon or Sophie Marceau.
We will translate and analyze excerpts from books, poems, song lyrics, movie dialogues, etc.
๐ Foreign literature: we will translate texts by foreign writers or poets, and you will be able to express yourself in French on translations of texts by William Shakespeare, Hans Christian Andersen, Henrik Ibsen, Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore, Maxime Gorki, Nikolai Ostrovski , Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, etc.
๐ซ Children, adolescents from 4 years old: I will use all media to get your children interested, and I will help them overcome their anxieties, fears and apprehensions. Many children are disappointed in teaching, left behind by their teachers. I will know how to restore their self-confidence, and show them that overcoming their shortcomings will be their real strength. No child is incapable of learning. There are no bad students, there are discouraged teachers. My challenge? Help your child in his French learning journey.
I will insist on oral and written comprehension, fluid and intelligent reading of texts. For the little ones, I suggest the syllabic method (Boscher method).
โ ๏ธ Parents should therefore not evaluate the course based on the level of distraction, but on the level of acquisition.
โ๏ธ Tourists: I will teach you everything you need to travel. Words and phrases to introduce yourself, to ask, buy, describe, visit, common phrases, too. I will pass on to you notions of French culture, our customs, our laws, our way of thinking.
โณ๏ธ My authentic accent will guide you to understand and make you understood by your French interlocutors.
๐ฏ My lessons are personalized and target your goals very precisely.
โ๏ธ If your goal is to successfully pass the DILF, DELF, DALF, TEF, or TCF, we will first assess your overall level, written and oral, then immediately start a series of exercises to put you in the conditions of the exam.
โ๏ธ If your goal is to acquire the basics of French to establish personal, professional or business relationships, we will also assess your written and oral level, and together we will determine the points to be studied to reach your goal.
โค๏ธ I am flexible and an educator with my beginner students.
๐ My methods have proven their effectiveness, whether with primary, secondary or high school students, or with French or foreign adults.
โ ๏ธ I am strict with my students regarding pronunciation: I want a perfect result, I want you to be able to make yourself understood by any French person, whatever the sector (personal or professional), or the region (Paris , Province, or French-speaking countries).
โ ๏ธ I am strict with my students regarding spelling, grammar, conjugation, syntax, punctuation. It cannot be a matter of chance or be discussed, especially if you need to appear credible to your interlocutors.
โค๏ธ My lessons must take place in a warm and reassuring atmosphere. I will be able to listen to you, whatever the problem encountered. I am flexible and understanding, my patience is legendary.
โ ๏ธ However, I am a rigorous and picky teacher. If you are looking for a moment of fun or distraction, I suggest you choose another tutor. I prefer to be honest and clear with you, it can only help you.
โ ๏ธ I don't work on Fridays or Saturdays. Outside of these two days, you can choose the time and day of the course that suits you in my schedule.
๐ฅ Book a trial class and start the adventure! ๐ฅ