Julie

Bonjour,

I`m Julie and I have been living in London for 10 years where I taught French from Beginners to A Level and GCSE English to 16+ and adults in a FE College for more than five years. I’ve been tutoring for four years now and I’m the French assistant in a private leading school too. I was also an examiner for Edexcel for many years so I know well how to tackle examinations and what examiners want to see or hear. I have an excellent record of exam results, with many students achieving top grades and continuing French at A Level with some students achieving full marks in essays at A Level and pursuing French in top universities from the Russell group. I tutor many 11+ and 13+ students to prepare them for exam formats and help them get more confident. I also tutor groups of students/friends for intensive practice over the holidays or for exam revisions.


I really enjoy one-to-one tuitions as I can give my full attention to learners and I don`t count my time when it comes to planning or marking students’ work. I’ve always been passionate about languages and decided to specialise in linguistic and didactic for my Master`s degree. I graduated with first class honours. Having learnt English, Spanish and Gaelic, I understand well the challenges involved when learning a language. The French grammar has no secret for me and I have no doubt that with my simple and clear explanations you`ll master it with confidence too.

Availability: At the moment I am fully booked but may be able to fit in some hours around my timetable depending on the location

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: French coordinator and Lecturer in a FE college for 5 years teaching Beginners, GCSE and A Level classes
Examiner with Edexcel
Tutoring private candidates living abroad on Skype
French Native speaker
Tutoring all levels:

French Pre school/Reception:
C (Reception, the Harrodian) and E(4 years old) are Greek, their dad has spoken to them in French since birth but they always reply in English or Greek, despite understanding everything their dad tells them. I`m working on improving C`s confidence in French and more generally on consolidating what is done in school but in French with a focus on developing her imagination as it is a skill her school highlighted as a weakness. We have been working on making up stories and characteristics of tales for example. The focus with the youngest girl is more on learning vocabulary and building sentences. The girls have considerably progressed over the first term as they start speaking French with their parents and even got along with people and kids on a recent trip to Luxembourg.

French 13+ Common Entrance:
J (Westminster Cathedral) was taking his 13+ examinations this year and applied to Eton College where he got a place. We worked on polishing J`s oral and written skills and developing his ideas fully to make his expression more sophisticated and fluent. J knew a wide range of vocabulary and grammar rules very well but struggled to apply all his knowledge in oral or writing. We also worked on preparing his answers for the oral questions and more generally on getting confident with the exam format.
This year I now tutor his brother.

French A Level:
A (Putney High School), taking A Level French. The focus was on grammar and translation practice, essay writing skills (structuring, developing, illustrating and evaluating ideas to reach the top band criteria and achieve A* in her examination. We worked on how to be more perceptive and on using more sophisticated vocabulary and essay phrases and including complex grammatical and verb structures in her writing.
(A achieved an A in French with full marks for the essays and now attends Durham university.)

Pre school/Reception:
A is 5 years old and attends The Harrodian School. The family lived in Monaco, moved to London two years ago and want her to keep up with her oral skills in French. I started tutoring A when she was 3 years old to prepare her for school. Activities include role plays such as shopping for food or clothes, stories and songs, playing different games which involve speaking in French. The aim is also to support A in line with what she is learning in Reception and her learning difficulties. A struggles to express her ideas clearly and make full sentences, to process information and instructions and to concentrate on a task.

French KS2:
R is in year 5 at Bute House and has a keen interest in French. She often travels to French speaking countries and wishes to become more fluent orally. The tuitions cover the basics in terms of vocabulary and grammar concepts at KS2 with a focus on practical situations such as ordering food and drinks, buying clothes or asking for directions in town as well as everyday conversations.

French KS3/13+ Common Entrance:
Z is in year 7 at Eaton House the Manor and I started tutoring him in year 6 when he missed a lot because of attending many school interviews over the spring term to prepare him for 11+ and end of year examinations in French. Zak mostly needs help with his writing, particularly accents and spelling as well as verb conjugations and tenses. The family have a house in Morocco and Zak is also keen to improve his oral skills to be more fluent and get on more with other children while on holidays so we regularly practise role plays and activities encouraging spontaneous language. We are now starting to work on 13+ Common Entrance examination formats for him to get to St Paul’s or Westminster where he has conditional offers.

French KS2/ 11+ Common Entrance:
Tutoring a group of 3 boys (Caldicott prep school) in year 6 preparing the 11+ CE examination. The boys have different experiences and abilities in French. The focus is on vocabulary and grammar needed for 11+.

French 13+ Common Entrance:
Tutoring a year 8 boy applying to King`s. The focus is on his oral skills, we are working on structuring his answers to the oral questions and on improving his grammar and accuracy.

French 13+ CE and GCSE:
Tutoring a year 8 boy applying to Harrow, focus on the oral entry examination: developing ideas, structuring answers, including various tenses, adverbs, opinions, etc. to make sentences more sophisticated, improving pronunciation. His sister is in year 11 and we mostl work on her oral skills during the tuitions and completing past papers as a homework. Focus on exam techniques.

French GCSE:
I tutored a GCSE student who achieved A* in GCSE. We worked on all aspects of the course but particularly the speaking component during the tuitions. Katrina quickly improved her confidence and built an extensive range of vocabulary and sophisticated structures to improve her expression.

French A Level:
R, preparation for A2 oral exam, help with drafting his exposé on Au Revoir Les Enfants, focus on content and evaluative approach and including useful phrases and sophisticated structures and vocabulary. Discussion of all aspects of the film studied. Exam practice for the structured discussion.