Language lessons in France

My apologies to Vendula for not having written this review before now. Three weeks ago I was in Lyon for the weekend and Vendula was my tutor. I chose Vendula as she seemed to be very bubbly, friendly and understanding of my learning needs and level. Her communication was excellent and she gave much thought about how best to maximise my learning experience. We met as agreed and Vendula was exactly how she seemed - interested, interesting and passionate about providing the best learning environment for me, and she was incredibly patient. I throughly enjoyed her company and we experienced much of Lyon’s culture, including local delicacies, cafe theatre entertainment and the popular Sunday fresh food market. Vendula had taken the time to prepare 9 tasks for me, which ranged from speaking with strangers to obtain information to solving clues relating to Lyon history. It was excellent and provided a great framework for my learning. I strongly recommend Vendula and hope that one day we can meet again, for me to advance my French conversational skills further. Thank you so much Vendula. Denise 😃

Jade is a truly excellent teacher of the French language with whom I have been having lessons for over a year. She’s is not only a native French speaker, but holds degrees in Linguistics, Teaching and Business, and has significant experience of teaching French over many years. The benefit of this is that she is able to effortlessly teach at any level, with a focus on actually speaking the language in conversation. We have had discussions about things as simple as ordering food in a restaurant to subjects as complex as planning application submissions and urbanism rules (I am an architect). I am certainly not a natural linguist, but through her teaching I have gone from someone who was nervous about ordering a croissant in French, to gaining the confidence to deal with the complex language found in the workplace, and in day-to-day life in France. I would highly recommend Jade, whether you are visiting Paris for a short holiday and want to brush up on some vocabulary, or have moved here permanently and want to broaden your command of the French language.

I had about 12 lessons with Rose over the course of three weeks. Each lesson was two hours long and was in a small group of three of us--me and my two teenage daughters. We had a great time and learned a lot. Rose was wonderful. She was very reliable and came prepared with a good mix of learning material for us every day. She always had challenging material for us to practice on, but she mixed it up with easier songs and videos and games so we could rest our brains when we became tired from focusing for so long. As you can imagine, having her students be a mom and two teenage daughters wasn't always easy for Rose. We have our own family dynamics and she might have felt awkward at times, but she managed us very well. One of my daughters is very shy and Rose was extremely patient and kind with her. I highly recommend Rose as a tutor. And, I highly recommend encouraging your friends and family to join you for lessons if you are at about the same level of language experience. We had a lot of fun and our French improved a great deal.