French with Françoise

Qualifications
Method
Because it's easier to learn in a friendly environment, when understood and encouraged, I like to personalise my students' classes accordingly, mixing language and culture. A creative environment is fostered, using personal real life situations where students are at the center of the activity for maximum involvement and practice. I work on syllabus' design, based on student's needs analysis, expectations, ages, backgrounds, contexts, and therefore lessons’ planning, class activities, material and feedback.
I like to use various teaching techniques developed through school courses, workshops and practice, in US and France. I taught at Baruch College NYC during seven years, using the very efficient Rassias Method.

About Myself
Born in France, I am a French native speaker and, after 16 years in New York, equally at ease in English.
I am proud to have both nationalities, French and American.
I am a language teacher since 1995, now based most of the year in France, moved recently to Nice, French Riviera.

New York
July 1987 to January 2003
  • French Language Teacher from 1995 to July 2003: Baruch College, City College of New York, Sanofi Synthelabo,
  • English second language to foreign community in NYC.
  • Summer 2009, August 20: Martha's Vineyard's Chamber of Commerce Web translation into French language.
Paris:
February 2003 to July 2010:
  • Teach French Language to foreigners in Paris, visitors and former students,
  • English as a Foreign Language both classes and individual tuition for all levels of employees at the Mairie de Paris (City Hall),
  • Originator and principal for several series of children's English Workshops (Ateliers d'Anglais),
  • Certified associate of the Ateliers Bleus - the Paris’ city-sponsored after-school program for children, since 2007.
  • Certified independent teacher of children's English school classes for the Rectorat de Paris (Paris Education Authority).
  • Certified TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
  • 2010- 2011: Travel in Asia: India, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

Nice:
  • References available upon request.