Award-Winning French Tutors in Olympia, WA

I have a passion for helping others set and exceed their personal goals. I believe learning is lifelong and is best achieved in an environment that is trusting, professional, and comfortable. I believe the right skills and confidences can change lives, and am ready to help contribute to that in any way possible!... Teaching is best accomplished in a setting that is supportive, engaging, and trusting. These attributes help build confidence and excitement about learning, and prime students with the interest and desire to succeed. The most successful teachers seek out opportunities to build up their students through helping them define their own goals and work to reach and exceed them; further, they understand and foster the mentality in their students that goals are continuously changing in complexity, and gradation as the student develops new tools and capabilities.

...confidence to believe in yourself. I am here to help you use your innate abilities to enjoy subjects that once challenged you. As a child I loathed writing papers and it is now one of my best skills! Miracles do happen with the right resources. I look forward to making your academic dreams a reality....

...become a teacher. I have spent most of my lifetime outside the U.S.—I was born in Belgium and have lived in Germany and France before coming to the U.S. I am a native French speaker with near fluency in German. My tutoring experience includes working with students of varying ages and abilities. I like to...

...about the subject you are learning, and then amplify that to include all aspects of that subject. I adore watching students fall in love with their latest acquisition of language, and celebrate that to the highest level of their competence. It opens a new window to one's abilities, and also establishes a history of small...

...When it comes to teaching, this means I can teach one thing in several different ways depending upon how the student needs to learn. It is fun and rewarding for me. I am passionate about reading and writing, and I do both very frequently. My hobbies are video production, playing guitar, and art projects.

...trend of them, and once they're determined, they are easy to solve. I will help and push the student to do his/her best, creating a very interactive environment, till he/she doesn't need the 'master' anymore. Nothing is impossible. When I'm not tutoring, I am writing stories or poems, composing music, playing piano, singing, drawing with...

...the rewarding feeling of being able to have an entire conversation in a newly learned language. For this reason, ensuring that my students have the confidence to speak the language is a priority. For my lesson plans, I strive for an appropriate balance of grammatical and vocabulary lessons along with a focus on the practical...

...While I love all of the subjects that I tutor, I particularly enjoy tutoring Spanish and French because they open doors to communicating with and understanding so many people, both near and far! I have traveled to Peru and hope to travel more in the future. I strongly believe that anyone can learn anything, as...

...score on the AP French Language and Culture Exam. I am also very familiar with ACTFL's Oral Proficiency Interview and helping students develop conversation skills. Additionally, I enjoy tutoring students in the domains of study skills and organization so as to prepare them for high school or university. In my spare time, I enjoy traveling...

...returning to New York where I did my undergraduate degree to work part-time in museum education at a local institution. As a result of my museum education training, I am happy working with a variety of learning styles and using creative approaches. Moreover, I have a flexible and open schedule and am happy to work...