What we teach
French Tutoring
Language exams assess four skills, and students almost always neglect the one they find least comfortable — usually speaking, which is also the one that most rewards regular practice with a person.
Lessons are conducted substantially in French, at a level pitched to the student, with grammar taught explicitly rather than absorbed by hope. Speaking practice runs in every session, not just before the oral.
We cover GCSE and IGCSE French, A-Level French including the film and literature components, and IB Language B at HL and SL.
Exam boards and qualifications we cover
- AQA
- Pearson Edexcel
- OCR
- WJEC / Eduqas
- Cambridge (CAIE) IGCSE & International A-Level
- IB Language B HL & SL
Syllabus coverage
What french tutoring covers
Grammar
- Tenses and the subjunctive
- Pronouns and agreement
- Complex sentence structures
- Register and idiom
Skills
- Speaking and role play
- Listening technique
- Reading comprehension
- Essay and translation
A-Level themes
- Society and family change
- Culture and heritage
- Politics and immigration
- Film and literary texts
In the lesson
What a lesson actually looks like
A diagnostic first lesson
The tutor works through a short set of problems to find where understanding actually breaks down — which is usually one or two topics earlier than the one causing trouble in class.
Teaching, then practice under exam conditions
Concepts are taught from first principles on the shared whiteboard, then applied to past-paper questions from the student's own board, timed and marked against the real mark scheme.
Feedback the student can act on
Each lesson ends with what went well, the specific technique to fix, and targeted practice before the next session. Parents get regular progress updates.
French tutoring starts from USD 15 per hour. See all plans.
FAQ
French tutoring — your questions
Will lessons be in French or English?
Mostly French, adjusted to the student's level, with English used when explaining a grammar point is genuinely faster in English. Immersion helps, but immersion in something incomprehensible does not.
How do you prepare for the speaking exam?
By practising it every lesson rather than in the last fortnight. We work through the actual format — stimulus cards, the independent research project at A-Level — and record answers so students can hear what an examiner hears.
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Find your french tutor
Tell us the level and curriculum you're working towards — we'll match you with a specialist, usually within a day.