Information About Christian - Farnborough teacher -
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French	Price Guide
Beginner	£13.00
Intermediate	£13.00
Advanced	£13.00
Expert	£13.00

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Personal Description:

I am a French native speaker who has been living in the UK for twenty five years. Holding a French degree in English and a diploma in translation, I first worked as a translator. Soon after, concurrently, I started working as a part-time French private tutor and adult education teacher. My qualification in this respect is a certificate of education (certed). For the past twenty years, I have switched to teaching French as my main occupation. This is a profession that I greatly enjoy for the pleasant social interactions that it offers me and my love of languages. Speaking French and English fluently and having a decent level in Portuguese and Spanish, I am well aware of the challenges faced by students learning a new language

Teaching Experience:

I have a lot of experience in teaching adults in evening classes and tutoring of adults and children on a one-to one basis.

Teaching Approach:

Getting great pleasure from this occupation, I am always eager to explore new methods and activities to make my teaching as effective as possible and help the students realise their full potential. For the adult courses, at beginner or near-beginner levels, the material is first introduced in the shape of dialogues presented with the help of pictures. This is followed by a whole series of activities that include questions and answers, pattern-and-vocabulary-repeating exercises, role-plays and oral comprehension tests to help the student assimilate the contents of the dialogues.
For higher levels, to improve and maintain fluency in French, all aspects of language are systematically practised, especially oral skills, using modern material including news podcasts newspaper articles, comic strips and other types of reading materials.
For school children, after they have been assessed, the lessons will be tailored to bring them up to the level required by their schools or prepare them for the exams they will take in the future.
The typical length of a lesson is one hour

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Native Language: French
Availability: Weekends / Weekdays (all times)
References Available: Yes (✔ On File)

Qualifications:

Farnborough College of Technology (1997) - CERTED (certificate in education, higher/further (Professional) (✔ On File)
Centre National de Télé enseignement (France) (1988) - BTS traduction commerciale (translation diploma) (Other) (✔ On File)
Université de Haute Bretagne (Rennes, France) (1987) - Degree in English (licence d'anglais) (Bachelors) (✔ On File)

Christian's Feedback

Total Amount Of Feedback:	29
Total Positive Feedback:	29 Av. 4.97/5.00

From Lucia (5/5): Christian is professional, kind and an extremely patient teacher. I started as a complete beginner and already after first few lessons I can say basic sentences in French. I would happily recommend Christian to anyone wishing to learn French.

Reply from: Christian: Thank you

From Perpetual (5/5): Has the tutee’s interest at heart
Checks students understanding
My son enjoys his teaching
I am also happy that he gives him some activities to do after teaching
I would strongly recommend when I confirm improvements in my son’s French examinations
Thank you Christian

From Ed (5/5): Excellent Tutor. Works at your pace and the worksheets and exercises are challenging but well thought out. So glad to be learning French

From Christabelle (5/5): Christian is an excellent tutor. My mum and I are both beginners and he is incredibly patient whilst also being very motivating. Christian has loads of homework sheets for us to work through. We are really enjoying our lessons:) thank you Christian!

From Darren (4/5): Christian is a good tutor that is both patient and understanding. He has a strong knowledge of the French language and culture. Unfortunately, his teaching style/method wasn't quite right for me personally. And there were some issues in terms of availability. However, I would still recommend him if you're seeking quality teaching at a reasonable rate.

From Richard (5/5): I’ve had a fantastic time learning from Christian. He is very patient and always provides context and explanations for the topics we discuss. I find the tasks he sets engaging and purposeful, which has helped me to improve both my written and spoken French considerably during our time together. I highly recommend!

From Silje Marie (5/5): I’ve had Christian as a french tutor for about two months now, and I am really satisfied.

He is very patient, and he delivers high quality work. In every class we there is a good mix between vocabulary building, conversations, reading exercises and so on. I also feel Christian sees the level of balance I need for both feeling of master and challenging myself.

I recommend Christian as a tutor!

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From Ivan (5/5): Christian very quickly got to grips with my level of competence and started from there with suitable lessons.He is very patient and yet helps you to make good progress. A good tutor.

From Elsa (5/5): I would 100% recommend Christian. He is very efficient and thorough with work and his depth of knowledge of the French language is impressive. I think especially if you are at a higher level and looking for someone who is more advanced he would be a great option for you!

From Richard (5/5): Takes time to assess level, gear work to fit, and prepares for lessons, gives homework.
Personable to deal with and excellent value

From Ina (5/5): Christian is an absolutely excellent teacher - very professional, patient , knowledgeable and very friendly. He is also very enthusiastic and always prepares for his lessons. My 12 year old son is really enjoying learning French with him and can't wait for the next lesson every week. Thank you very much Christian!!!

From Megon (5/5): Christian is a very good tutor.

From Aiman (5/5): Excellent tutor, always in time, my teenage daughter really likes his lessons.

From Diane (5/5): Thoroughly enjoying my lessons. Christian is very patient and helpful

From Ruth (5/5): Christian is very patient and thorough.If you don't understand anything he is more than happy to re explain,and is always friendly and on time. A total professional.Would definitely recommend him.

From Jan (5/5): Had my first lesson with Christian and it was excellent.Am looking forward to my next lessons as he soon found the best way to train my old brain!

From Alice (5/5): Christian is a great teacher he is very patient and makes it enjoyable to learn.

Reply from: Christian: Thank you for your comments. It is very useful to me. Best wishe

From James and Josephine (5/5): Excellent teacher with a patient and inclusive style. Christian is from Normandy and can provide both text book and local authentic phrases standing him apart from English born French teachers. His tailored approach to classes to suit our specific needs with no rigid structure was also welcomed.

Highly recommended.

From Sharon (5/5): Brilliant tutor and a lovely man. Very patient!

From Claire (5/5): I am enjoying learning from Christian

From Silvia (5/5): I have been learning French with Christian since last October and I could not be happier. He is a native French speaker which I consider very important and he is very pleasant and polite.

He adapts his engaging lessons to my needs and he is very flexible and supportive. I am making really good progress and improving my knowledge of French.

I highly recommend him.

From Christopher (5/5): Very happy with Christian's tuition style particularly focusing on speaking and litening rather than the written approach that my teachers took when I was at school all those years ago. Being taught by a native speaker is helping greatly with my confidence.

From Rick (5/5): Christian is an excellent tutor. I have tried various different tutors in the past but Christian has a real feel for the level of comprehension that suits me best, also his course paperwork is first class. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him.

From Anne (5/5): He is fantastic and makes learning fun - the best tutor xxx

Reply from: Christian: Thank you for the nice feedback

From Robin (5/5): Good rapport with student and a likeable and clearly competent tutor.

Reply from: Christian: Thank you very much for this feedback. Best wishes

From Joanna (5/5): Christian is extremely professional and well prepared. He is also very punctual and provides challenging and relevant exercises for me to complete. Homework is also provided but I have not as yet managed to complete any but Christian never moans about it and just moves on to another exercise. He also never makes me feel stupid when I have forgotten the French vocabulary from the last lesson or even from a couple of minutes ago, he just patiently writes it down again for me. Really enjoying the lessons and am becoming more confident every week. Thanks Christian!

Reply from: Christian: Merci pour l'appréciation. Bien amicalement. Christian

From Jeremy (5/5): Christian is a charming, intelligent teacher with a strong knowledge of grammar and idioms. He's a pleasure to work with, gives excellent follow up work and provides outstanding value for money.

From Ian (5/5): I have now been working with Christian for some time and he is really excellent. He is very encouraging and produces lots of material for me to be able to learn new vocabulary and practice grammar etc. His technical knowledge is great too. I would highly recommend him.

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