Are you ready to learn French? Having a private French tutor is an excellent option for those who need professional assistance. However, it is not always easy to select the right tutor. Based on my experience as a professional french tutor, I’ve created seven tips that will help you make a smart decision:
Tip #1: Identify your goals
>The first step in hiring a tutor is to clearly identify your learning goals. What is the level you hope to achieve? How much time do you have? What is your budget? — Knowing this will allow you to set realistic expectations and communicate these goals to your tutor.
Tip #2 Avoid language institutes
Many language schools offer one-to-one private tutoring. In addition to their high tutoring fees, schools tend to outsource for tutors and will often only employ them for short periods of time. This means you might end up switching tutors more than once, or unable to meet your tutor before the first lesson. Think of this as going on a ’blind date’.
Tip #3 Stay clear of the ‘Jack of all trades, master of none Tutor’
While it’s very common for many tutors to be well-versed in more than one language, this might not be the best option if your are a beginner. This is because entry-level learners require plenty of assistance in learning the basic phonetics for good pronunciation. Multi-lingual tutors tend to fall behind in this area, and are less precise than language specialists.
Tip #4 Ask about their teaching method
When interviewing tutors; be sure to ask about their teaching approach. While some tutors tend to be structured with a clear sense of direction, others are far more relaxed and casual. Ideally, your learning style should go in hand with their method. So, ask yourself, how would I prefer to learn?
Tip #5 References, References, and References
Grandma wasn’t wrong. Good references continue to be the best measure of success. Ask your potential tutor if he or she can present references of past students. If he or she declines, you may want to continue your search.
Tip #6 Fees and commitment.
Tutors are always looking for stability in their schedule. Many will try to ‘commit’ students to a certain number of hours by asking for pre-paid lessons. Others, will ask for a minimum of hours per week. Both of these options are difficult for students as life is often unpredictable and cancellations are common. Try to minimize long-term commitment by looking for a ‘pay as you go’ tutor or any other who would be willing to negotiate this policy.
Tip#7 Don’t forget to have fun
Learning a new language is not only about gaining new knowledge, but most importantly, experiencing a new world of culture, music and discovery. Sit back, smile and have fun!
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Does anyone know where I can find a french tutor or learning center that teaches french as well as the cost ?Does anyone know where I can find a french tutor or learning center that teaches french as well as the cost ? We wnt to send him to a french immersion school but needs added french first.
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shedevil404 becuase other languages have whole different words that are similar like love and loved would be different in other languages than english. english has simple sub words or secondary words from the primary word
Hiring a tutor is the best way to go. But don't restrict yourself to Friendswood, or even Tx for that matter. Try online tutoring. Then you can have a worldwide choice of tutors. And its cheaper than hiring a "in-person" tutor. Try sites like:
http://www.tuitionplaza.com/tutoring/ – tutoring by retired teachers and volunteers (free)
http://www.tutor.com – tutoring by professional tutors (not free)
… and many more (use search engine!). Think outside the box and you'll have more options. Good luck!
I could help you. I've been studying French for 12 years. I'll admit that I'm not the most dependable person in the world. Anyway, a lot of this you can do yourself. You can use a word processor to spell and grammar check your homework. If you're not sure what order to put words in, google the possibilities, putting them in quotation marks. The one that gets the most hits is correct. The one that only gets a few or even hundreds is wrong. These are a couple tricks I use. But you can contact me for any help you need.
i learned english in 1 year..!!
Try your local College. I am sure there is a student that
you can hire to tutor you.
It's hard to find a tutor that has a college degree to tutor for less than $20 per hour.
I suggest talking to some of the best students in your class or that you know are in a higher level french than you are to see if any of them can help you. If you offer to pay them, I think you will get a good response.
Another option is Craigs List. Just advertise that you need a french tutor and put on there how much you are willing to pay. You may get an interested person, like a college student who can do it for less.
I run my own tutoring business as my livelihood, and it's hard charging less than $20 per hour because of all my expenses I have to pay for tutoring (supplies, books, gas) and time that is consumed going and coming from appointments, waiting on clients, etc.
I hope you can find some help with an older student or a classmate.
Put a note on the board in the student union.
This video is amazingggg!!!! by any chance which is the best way to learn french for free? Is my only option youtube?(:
Here, you can find free web pages to learn French:
http://www.netvibes.com/babelan#Directory
Good luck
thx man 4 the video
oops, i accidentaley hit the one star for the rating…gah!!!
lol c,est drole
J’aime le video
It would be written exactly the same ("Lindsay"), though they would pronounce it more like "leen-zay" than "Lin-zee." There doesn't exist a version of it in French, unfortunately, so it's not really "translateable."
Amazingggg videoo! (: Btw which is the best way to learn french for free? Is youtube my only option?
http://www.livemocha.com
it's an awesome website for learning other languages. it's only been around for a few years, so they're still building the languages they have available (they recently added Icelandic–random!).
they advertise themselves as comparable to Rosetta Stone, except they're free (they may charge for the upper levels of the language in the future if they build a big enough base of customers, but right now, it's 100% free).
it's set up like an online community, where native/fluent French speakers can answer your questions and give you feedback on some of your written lessons–kind of like this site, where you get points for your involvement and such.
enjoy! i certainly do
(oh, there's also a chat available if you want to practice conversation that way)
Try: http://www.afusa.org/
Good luck!