Carmen

My name is Carmen, I am Spanish, and I have been living in France for the past 12 years. I have a bachelor’s degree in French Philology and a PhD in French-Spanish contrastive linguistics. I have a teaching experience of 10 years, both in private lessons and in educational centers. I have taught in university and in secondary school but also to adults. I have tutored students who wanted to take standardized French examinations like DELF or DALF. I have experience in both face-to-face classes and online classes with students from different time zones. We also find a time slot that best suits us. The methodology is adapted to the needs of each person. If a person seeks to improve their speaking level, in each class we talk about a topic in French. The objective is for the student to gain confidence and improve the oral fluency in French. If the student is looking to improve the level of grammar, then in each class we work on a grammatical point. Along with the grammatical explanation are the associated exercises to put into practice what is explained. I have also prepared students for official exams such as the Official School of Languages, DELF and DALF obtaining excellent results. An examination of these characteristics requires to master both the grammatical part but also to understand to master the test methodology. To achieve this, the exercises that I propose are adapted to the test: fill in the gaps with the right word, reading comprehension by answering a series of questions on a text, essays following the model of the exam, listening comprehension by answering questions on an audio, speaking exercises on a topic chosen by the examiner.