Elodie

Enthusiastic French native Tutor and Oxford Phd candidate. Available for French Lessons, Conversations, Translations.

Availability: I am flexible and I would be honoured to meet you and discuss either online or in person.

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: Bonjour chers étudiants,

My name is Elodie. I am a native French speaker. I have been living and studying in Paris, London, and I am now based in Oxford, where I am completing my Phd. My background is in linguistics and I have been tutoring French privately for children and adult learners for many years. I teach French extensively in Oxford to young learners and Oxford students, and to adult learners internationally too.

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 try to keep myself quite flexible to suit my student`s schedules and I am available online to meet you if you wish. The first introductory meeting is always free, it is mainly for us to get to know each other a little and for me to come up with a suitable program of classes for you, if you would like to start working with me. But this initial meeting in no way forces you to book subsequent classes with me.

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 hope that I have given you all the information that you may need for now, but do not hesitate to reach out again if you have more questions.

À bientôt!