About Me

I am native French, from Paris with almost 20 years experience of teaching French to students of all levels. I am currently living in the United States. I teach adults classes as well as children classes.

Courses offered:

- One on One classes: Program contents are determined by the student’s specific professional and personal needs. $25/45 minutes class

- Group classes: $ 15.00/45 minutes class (minimum 5 students)

• French 101/102 Elementary course : for complete beginners or students with limited knowledge of French
  The course is designed to familiarize each student with everyday French and to prepare you to cope with everyday situations. You are invited to react to certain simulated situations and are prompted to express yourself. Part of the course is also designed to acquire basic elements of grammar.

• French 201/202 Intermediary course: for students with a basic knowledge of French
  I will encourage you to make active use of the skills you already have. The aim of the course is to enable you to develop the automatic responses specific to French, and to refine the expressions of your ideas in French, by learning to construct more complex phrases.

• French 301/302 Advanced & Superior courses: for students with a good or very good knowledge of French
  You will work on oral skills to enable you to express yourself fluently, and will deal with subjects relating to French culture and civilization. You will become familiar with idiomatic expressions and the different levels of language. In written work, you will practice analyzing and summarizing current texts and producing various written documents.

-Other group classes:

. Crash course for Tourists: how to make the best out of your trip to France!

. Grammar, grammar, grammar: for grammar aficionados! In-depth learning of French grammar.

. Dictations : intermediary to advanced level

. La Presse Française : French through the newspapers and magazines. Intermediary to advanced level

. Expand your French vocabulary: advanced to expert level only

. Conversational French: let’s talk! Intermediary to Advanced level

. Les Monstres Sacrés du cinéma français: we will discuss French movies and famous actors!

. La chanson française: a fun way to learn and brush up your French through classic French music and singers like Aznavour, Brassens, Johnny Halliday, Laura Fabian…

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If you are interested in learning French, contact me so that I can schedule classes accordingly. I will also post my schedule very soon!

A bientôt j’espère,

Melinda