Bye bye French freeze, Bonjour French flow!
I’m here to help you switch to French
and feel like you can really function in the language
Bye bye French freeze,
Bonjour French flow!
I’m here to help you switch to French
and feel like you can really function in the language
Have you felt like you’re simplifying your thoughts when you speak French, that you’re not spontaneous and you’re constantly translating? In short, handling the language more than enjoying it?
Well, I know the feeling. I lived and worked in other languages and I’m a language learner, like you.
You can change that, with the right guidance.
With my help, you can expect to:
Skip the translation phase
Stop the mental blocks
Switch to flowy French
understand French the way it’s really spoken and know you can handle most situations in French
stop repeating yourself and be understood the first time you speak
experience the satisfaction when your colleagues stop switching to English for you
feel like yourself and crack jokes in French to make others laugh intentionally
advance your career by understanding your industry terminology and culture in French
pass DELF, DALF, TCF exams or prepare for the French “entretien de naturalisation”
One-One sessions
Individual classes
online or in person at your office
Monday-Saturday
9:30am-8:30pm CET
From 620€/10 hours
Lalangue Groups
3 months renewable
4 people max
2 hours/week online
Tuesdays 6-8pm CET
Thursdays 4-6pm CET
840€/3 months
French conversation Boost
1 month renewable
4 people max
1h30/week online
Mondays 12-1:30pm CET
Wednesdays 6-7:30pm CET
175€/month
If you’re interested in Lalangue Groups or the French Conversation Boost, please send me a message and I’ll get back to you to schedule a free French level evaluation. Then your name will go on a waiting list and I’ll let you know as soon as there’s a spot in a group at your level.
For One on One French classes, please write me about your level and goals and if I have availabilities, we’ll start as soon as you’re ready!
WHAT A TYPICAL FRENCH SESSION WITH ME LOOKS LIKE:
First: enthusiasm! I'm super happy to see you and you can't wait to work on your French!
You get a lot of speaking practice and during our conversation I listen, I take notes, I ask questions and I challenge you with new topics
We focus on oral comprehension with concrete pronunciation activities: I show you what to change on your pronunciation and how to change it
We work on conversation patterns to build natural responses in daily life situations and we study grammar with an emphasis on practical usage
You learn vocabulary in context and I show you how to create mnemonics systems to connect new words to others you already know
You leave the session with a smile and feeling good about yourself, progressively moving away from translation fog to clarity in French
In my classes and groups, we work on your language goals but we also focus on the mindset you need to succeed in French.
I’m Sandrine, a language lover and a French teacher with a few hats on my head. Before teaching French, I worked in communications helping brands create their own language and then I became a Montessori educator with a focus on Language development. Language and specifically language learning has always been my passion.
For 12 years now, I’ve been guiding adults into switching to French and build a real sense of “functionality” when speaking the language.
I consider myself as a learning partner, showing the way to fluency in French and creating individualized strategies for each person I work with.
When I don’t teach French, I learn languages, I dance and I travel.
When I learn languages, here are a few of my goals.
Let’s see if you feel the same about learning French
- move from approximation to precision when I speak, stop rehearsing and change how natives understand me
enjoy conversations without even thinking about the language by mastering colloquialisms, culture references and humor
change my understanding: move from hearing gibberish to clearly get all the words in a sentence
crack the language puzzle and internal logic (this one is special for language nerds)
If you recognize yourself here, on est fait pour s’entendre *
*we’ll be a match, we’ll get along
What my students say about me
WE’LL BE A MATCH IF YOU…
.. get very happy when you’re learning a new French word and are curious about how the French language works
.. take responsibility in your own learning and feel really proud when making progress
.. trust me as your learning partner and know that results will come from your work and commitment over time
.. work in between classes and are interested in understanding the French language for your life – not only for the class
.. want to really connect with Francophones and feel like you fit in
in short, if you WANT to learn how to speak French, not so much if you’re taking classes only because you think you SHOULD.
Listen to you carefully and suggest personalized homework so you can practice and work on your specific difficulties, progressively eliminating your most frequent mistakes
Guide you in your learning process, teach you good learning habits and help you renew your motivation
Teach you tactics to find words or structures when you’re in the dark and encourage you to make mistakes and exploit them for your learning
Help you enjoy the journey, even when you feel you’re regressing (it will happen) and challenge you so that you’re always learning
Your company can finance your French classes?
Lalangue Paris is a registered vocational training center (11 75 49986 75 – Ile-de-France) and can provide you with quotations and invoices to submit to your company. This way, you’re either directly financed or reimbursed for your French classes.
Here are some of the companies and organizations we work with: Apple, Google, OECD, Rothschild&Cie, Amazon France and UK, France 24, Publicis, Ernst&Young, ENS, CNRS.
Please note that we don’t provide classes through the CPF platform.