Tutor Profile

Sophie

Private French Tutor

Bonjour, je m'appelle Sophie et je suis française. Je viens de Paris mais j'habite maintenant à Bordeaux ! I am a French native speaker. I have been teaching French and English as second languages since I was 19, in France and overseas as a freelancer. If you are looking for a private tutor, I am the perfect match because I am native, qualified and experienced, smiley and energetic! I mainly teach online to adults but I am used to supporting children through their GCSE and A-Level programs. Coming from Paris but living now in the South West of France in Bordeaux, I only offer online tuition via Teams.

Teaching Experience

I have 2 Masters degrees in French and English as second languages. This allows me to teach these 2 languages from primary school to Business schools and that is what I do everyday! I am used to teaching to adults of any level and of specific needs. I can also meet your child if online tuition is fine with you both, or if he/she needs to practice/ get ready for the GCSE exam. I was a tutor on FirstTutors since 2017 and my 22 reviewers all scored me 5/5. So give me a try!

Tutoring Approach

I live in France and I offer online tuition via Teams. This platform includes all we need for a successful tuition: video, chat and ability to send written and audio files. It's basically like a face to face tuition except we're both home in a different country! For adults, it will really depend on your goals: master French because you need it at work, getting more confidence, getting back to what you learnt years ago at university, for pleasure, practising conversation, or even if you need to pass a specific exam (DELF, DALF, FIDE... ) For teenagers, I will boost your skills for your GCSE or A-Level exams. We will focus on the different topics and themes you need to master to be successful. I work with every range of age and level, so I know how to be flexible and I will adapt to your needs. You can trust me!

Availability

Morning
Early Aft
Late Aft
Evening
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun

Qualifications

Masters French as a Second Language

Masters · Paris Diderot University · passed · 2007

BA English as Second Language

Bachelors · Paris Diderot University · Passed · 2004

Reviews

Feedback
22
Published22
Unpublished0
Extra comments0
SorayaFirst Tutors

I’m very happy with my learning experience with Sophie so far. She is reliable, professional, and patient. I especially appreciate that she speaks French for the majority of the lesson and in our communications, as it allows me to fully immerse myself in the language. I would happily recommend Sophie as a tutor.

IoanaFirst Tutors

Loved learning French again with Sophie. I had some basic background from school and needed to speak it more for work. Found it very easy to work and coordinate with Sophie, she was flexible to my schedule and helped me progress immensely, adjusting to the type of learning most suited to me. Would definitely recommend her as a great tutor.

MichaelFirst Tutors

Sophie is an excellent teacher of French. I find our lessons together enjoyable and interesting. Each lesson begins with conversation between us in French, before we go on to undertake more structured exercises in communication and grammar. By mutual agreement, Sophie sets homework assignments which I can undertake in advance of the following lesson, and her feedback on my work is very helpful. The Skype application is an ideal medium for the online lessons: the quality of the audio and video communication is very good, and it is easy to exchange and share resources to support the lesson and to aid further study. Most importantly, it allows me to have lessons with a native French speaker, which is very beneficial.

RobertFirst Tutors

Sophie is a fully qualified and highly experienced French teacher. Sophie is highly professional. Sophie is able to assess her students language level and teach at the right level for the student. Moreover, Sophie takes the time to listen to her students needs and provide bespoke language lessons. In her lesson Sophie follows a proper method, she does a warmer at the beginning, then provides input in target language through engaging activities, and then then applies the new language through speaking activities and practice activities. She also provides homework and useful feedback. Sophie is very flexible, everything is very easy and straight forward. I would fully recommend Sophie as a teacher for all ages, levels and specialisms.

EddieFirst Tutors

I'm very glad I chose Sophie as my tutor. I wanted someone who could be flexible to meet my specific goals. I also picked her because she's a tutor with plenty of experience but still young and using today's language and cultural norms. I spend my life on Zoom but still wasn't sure how well learning a language would work. I'm very pleased at how the relationship has worked and how effective Sophie has made the learning. What I really like about Sophie is that it's clear she has all of the "stock lessons" however it's she thinks about her clients and builds personalised lessons around topics and content that reflects their interests. She makes the lessons engaging, fun and challenging so I'm always making progress. Every lesson is different. Our lessons are by Skype and Sophie has mastered it so it works seamlessly with conversation, audio clips, video clips providing the lesson content. She uses the chat to provide feedback, vocabulary, grammar and links to other resources. The chat also captures these so you don't need to take notes. Excellent !

View all of Sophie's reviews
Tuition onlineDBS checked
  • The highest level of qualification that this tutor has provided us with a copy of is a Masters (or equivalent)
  • This tutor has an average feedback rating of at least 4.75/5 from 20 or more reviews.
  • This tutor has a history of responding very quickly (avg < 2h)
  • This tutor states that they speak another language (in addition to English)
  • This tutor is a Teacher (self-declared)
  • This tutor offers a 10% discount on their first / introductory lesson.
  • This tutor is happy to teach online
Map showing tutor's approximate location