About

 About My French Studio 

Having taught French extensively to both children and adults, I have developed a strong and effective tutoring practice. 

My goal is to help you or your student:

• improve competencies in spoken and written French
• develop a detailed understanding of French-speaking cultures and
• become confident to communicate effectively.

Over the past twenty years, I have tutored students from leading Melbourne independent and state schools, enabling them to achieve their preferred VCE scores. I have also facilitated workshops and classes in community kindergartens, as well as private and public educational settings. 

My love of teaching stems from my childhood playing at being a teacher, armed with a piece of white chalk and a very large blackboard in my mother's classroom, while she spent countless hours preparing engaging and innovative activities for her students. Something I aim to emulate today. 

While at secondary school in France I spent my evenings tutoring disadvantaged students and saw the difference that bespoke, differentiated teaching can make. 

I hold a Masters of Teaching (Secondary), Victorian Institute of Teaching registration, a French undergraduate degree specialising in Français Langue Étrangère (French as a foreign language), and a Working with Children's Check.

I am French-born, raised and educated and parent of bilingual children. 

I invite you to share my passion.

 

My approach

My programmes are driven by recent developments in educational neuroscience and psycholinguistics and are anchored in the Victorian Curriculum and Australian Curriculum, with a focus on Explicit Teaching methodology and differentiated teaching to cater for all learner needs. 

Additionally, primary classes are inspired by the teachings of leading educators Maria Montessori and Célestin Freinet.

A bit about Freinet’s approach:

• The child is at the centre of the teaching practice
• Teaching empowers the child to develop as a whole person, as a social and socially-responsible being
• The class is open to the outside world
• The focus is on experiential learning La Méthode Naturelle and creativity
• Children learn by cooperating with each other
• The role of parents and carers is valued 

The Montessori approach aims to:

• foster children’s independent and confident learning
• provide a prepared environment where carefully selected materials stimulate children  
• teach by learning about the outside world. Learning about world cultures is part and parcel of the Montessori’s approach.

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