French training/practicing spoken French with me

Bonjour! I am French and live in Peru. I have been a professional translator in French, English, and Spanish for 7 years. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Science and I am used to translating different kinds of documents: commercial, legal, technical or scientific. I also do some teaching of French, as I taught French for 2 years when I was in Costa Rica. You can also see a comment from a previous client in my profile to whom I gave a few conversational courses. If my application interests you, could you get in touch with me by chat so that we can speak about the structure of the course you would like to receive? Best regards Jean-Louis Morel

At elementary level, you don't really need a native speaker. What you do need is someone with a good pronunciation. That means: avoid Canadians and French from the south of France, as they tend to have very different accents. A non-native speaker could at times be more effective, as he/she will use a simpler vocabulary. Once you reach an advance level of French, you'll be able to profit from a native speaker. French grammar is not so difficult. For an English speaker, your main problems will be the concordance of the article, adjectives and verb with the subject, i.e. distinguishing between male/female, and singular/plural. I grew up in Belgium, a profoundly bilingual country (Dutch/French). I'm Dutch speaking, but worked many years in French, and was married to a French speaking Belgian. I have been a teacher for nearly 20 years (albeit not a language teacher). I doubt whether you need extra classes. I would imagine you rather need coaching. Thus, leading the instructor where you want him to go, isn't as bad as you think. In fact, it's all about you and your particular needs. By all means, start with having your pronunciation corrected. A perfect sentence with the accents wrong, will be incomprehensible for a French speaker. Having a perfect 'sound' will prove to be much more important than using a wrong gender. Your biggest problem will be to find an appropriate time slot between the US and Europe or Asia. I'm at GMT+7, which could well be opposite of where you are.

As a french native speaker, i can help you speak French with a very different approach. I have expérience in teaching for an association call AIESEC. Contact me for more informations.

I'm not French - so i'll understand your English, and i can remember what it's like to learn French from the beginning. My teachers were great and encouraged me to love the language, which i do. Allons-y, c'est pas difficile!