French Native and Oxford Graduate Tutor

Hello,

My name is Elodie. I am a native French speaker. I have been living and studying in Paris, New York, London, and I am now based between Rome and Oxford where I am a doctoral student in both French and English history and linguistics. I have been tutoring French privately for children and adult learners for many years, both in France and the UK, and ever since I moved to Oxford. I formerly completed a BA at the Sorbonne in French and English literature, history and linguistics, which gave me a thorough understanding from the inside out on how these two languages work and how they differ.

My classes are not ‘pre-packaged’, they are all prepared and structured around the current knowledge, rhythm and needs of each student - in my opinion it is really what makes lessons with a private tutor (unlike group classes in a school) so much more valuable for the student in the long run. Everything in my classes is very personalised and I really care about working around the specific interests of each student too when I prepare exercises, homework or give book/article recommendations. I prepare all the documents for each class so there are no extra books to purchase in order to follow my lessons. My approach to learning a language is that it should be an exciting and immersive experience, not a painful task!

I am available to improve your French, may it be through conversations, lessons or translations depending on your needs. I am flexible and I would be honoured to meet you and discuss online or in person here in Oxford.

Every tutoring lesson has three parts:

- Pre- tutoring homework: generally sent by email, marked and examined during lessons
- Tutoring: step by step analysis of any questions that you might be struggling with, focusing on isolating and correcting the part of the process which you are struggling with.
- Homework: generally given afterwards by email, after being adjusted to suit the student`s needs.

I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Elodie