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Score: 5 Teacher: Elodie Préaud By: Mike Williams January 7, 2012 Lead Acquired: January 7, 2012 Hours of Instructions: 40 |
Excellent Teacher I have had very positive experiences with Elodie. Early in 2011 I bought a second home in Provence, having been a regular visitor for a few years. I was completely unable to speak French and I had no "feel" for the language at all. When I was at school in the UK (many years ago) we (unusually) did German as our first foreign language and I never went on to to do a second language then. I also lived and worked in Germany for a couple of years when I was young. More recently, I have lived in the Netherlands for the last 15 years and I now speak quite competent Dutch as well as (very rusty) German. So all my language background is Germanic and I had no "schoolboy French" as a starting point. Also, at the age of 65, I am aware that I do not find it so easy to pick up a new language as I did when I came to terms with Dutch 15 years ago. The good news is that I have learned new languages before and I am from the generation that learned in a formal and structured way so I have a good grasp of grammatical structures in any language. I chose Elodie as a result of web research. I was keen to find a teacher who was based reasonably close to my french house - for face to face lessons - but was also experienced in online teaching. My idea was that I could sometimes do face to face when I was down in Provence and then continue with some lessons (by Skype) when I was back in Amsterdam. This pattern of study was attractive to me because I have a background in online education myself and it is a medium which I find very interesting - as well as practical. Well, the plan is working well. I started off with a block of lessons at Elodie's place in Mormoiron and since then we have had regular lessons by Skype. Her teaching style works well for me. She is lively and encouraging but also challenging. She does believe in hard work and (for me) she does use an explicitly grammatical structure as the foundation for learning. (I don't know what approach she uses with students who don't "do" grammar.) Equally important is that she is experienced and enthusiastic about teaching using Skype. She is able to establish a good working interpersonal connection and uses a range of learning materials for testing and practice. My French has certainly developed quite a lot in the last 4 months. I have a long way to go in developing confidence and fluency - especially in speaking - but I am sure that progress is good. I doubt if I could have found a teacher who was more suited to my needs and personal learning style. Add a folllow-up message (Mike or Elodie Préaud only) |
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