"As a native French speaker, residing in Paris, France for 60 years, I share my cultural experiences and fluent linguistics, here in New Jersey, by offering tutoring and professional teaching to eager, young students, who want to excel in becoming a fluent French speaker.

My patience with young students allows me to discover their strengths and find out where they need specific help in pronunciation and grammar. I provide them with the cadence, dialect and delivery that builds their confidence for listening and speaking modes, which follow the ACTFL standards, in the academic community. My love for working with elementary school children provides me with the skill set to build a solid foundation with these students, from the ground level, thus encouraging these young learners to strive to become a fluent speaker.

I also teach and mentor High School students, who either want to get back on track, with additional instruction, or for the advanced student, who want to take on the rigor and challenge of AP french, in their senior year, in preparation for the AP Exam in May. In compliance with the College Board`s AP French Language and Culture exam, I prompt and prepare these students for the 2-minute presentation part of the AP Exam, with my extensive experience in the Francophone world.

I customize my academic lessons in such a way that lends itself to excitement in learning about literature, authentic stories and songs providing their cultural experience that translates to my students the relevance and importance of why they are learning French.

In today's 21st century classroom or in the career world, the importance of learning a 2nd language is paramount and will open many doors to my students with opportunities in today's competitive career landscape.

Over the past 20 years in professional teaching, first at the Westerly Learning Center and then to Rider University, her in my backyard, I have given lessons, either one on one, or in a group setting, to adults coming to me, for instruction, from a varie" less...