Oegugin

* I’m currently preparing to move to India, and not available for lessons, sorry! *

SPEAK AND BE CONFIDENT

I’m a native French speaker, originally from Canada and now traveling the world. I’ve been teaching French as a second language for over 12 years for institutions such as Université de Montréal, Alliance Française de Shanghai, Immigration Québec, and Shanghai American School. I have also worked as a private tutor and hosted language exchange workshops. Over the years, I’ve taught pretty much all levels and age groups, but nowadays I specialize in helping adults become more comfortable speaking. If you have learned French before and wish to improve your fluency, spontaneity, grammar and pronunciation, I can help you!

Communication
My method involves real communication in a fun, friendly and respectful atmosphere. In group lessons I use communicative games and activities. Private conversation lessons can be more or less structured, depending on your needs. I will help you remember and activate what you’ve learned before, and then polish it.

Grammar
Learning grammar will not make you fluent: only practice can. If you’re learning to swim, at some point you have to jump in the water!

Pronunciation
Working on pronunciation involves the individual sounds of French and also how they come together in a sentence; it will allow you to understand more and sound natural.

Error Correction
Research on second language acquisition has demonstrated that a lot of mistakes correct themselves over time, just by practicing. That being said, I have developed a way of correcting mistakes that will help you improve quickly and effortlessly.

Find out more
Please email me and we’ll see how I can help you! We can meet for a chat and a preliminary assessment, at no charge to you.

“Acquisition requires meaningful interaction in the target language – natural communication” – Stephen Krashen