French teacher - kids & adults - levels A0 to C2 - Alliance Francaise certificate - webcam

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• Depuis quand développez­-vous un intérêt pour votre discipline et pour les cours particuliers ?

  Before being a language teacher, I was a language learner!
  
  I started to learn my first foreign language when I was 6 y.o. and I never abandoned. I think that learning any language is a great opportunity to discover other ways of thinking and other cultures. Now I learn German and teach French and Russian. Learning and teaching foreign languages is all my life!!

• Dites nous-en davantage sur la matière enseignée, sur les thèmes que vous appréciez aborder avec les élèves (et éventuellement ceux qui vous plaisent un peu moins) !

  I can treat any subject with my students, (absolutely no taboo! ) when the discussion remains respectful to each other.
  
  I personally find that topics around travel, food, movies, children, animals are inspiring for a lot of people, therefore are very useful to introduce in class. But of course, we also talk about history, politics, books and so on.

• Parlez-nous de vos modèles, que ce soit un professeur qui vous a marqué ou encore une œuvre qui vous a inspiré !

  My daughter is my greatest teacher. She shows me every day how inspiring it is to be curious about everything and everyone. Raising a child also helps to become patient, benevolent and humble.

• Quelles sont, selon vous, les qualités requises pour être un bon expert dans votre domaine ?

  Of course, it is very important to be professional and to have a level of the language that allows the teacher to transmit her knowledge to the student. It is also important to be passionate about the language and the culture that you are making others discover.
  
  Besides that, teaching is all about being open-minded and patient. We need to be able to listen and to understand other person's needs. We need to understand WHAT student does not understand and WHY, so to be able to find the right way to explain and to motivate him/her.
  
  Creativity of the teacher can also be a key, so as to offer new approaches in teaching and to adjust to different personalities, instead of copying the same frame for every person.
  
  And finally, the sence of humor can sometimes be very helpful to make difficult topics a little easier to digest!

• Une anecdote en rapport avec votre métier ou votre scolarité à nous raconter ?

  German language was the most difficult for me to learn, however, now it is the one I use the most in my teaching experience. So, finally, I'm happy to speak it when I need to talk to my German speaking students. However, my German remains basic and I know I need to fine-tune it!

• Vous pouvez maintenant nous rassurer et nous avouer que vous aussi, vous avez déjà connu des difficultés à l'école…

  Music classes and mathematics were my biggest struggle !

• Aidez-nous à vous connaître un peu mieux en évoquant vos passions (que vous partagerez peut-être un jour via Superprof).

  I love travelling, cooking, a glass of a good beer, and regularly practice mindfulness meditation and yoga. I can walk hours in a forest or in a big city, I adore walking !

• Qu'est-ce qui fait de vous un Superprof (en plus d'avoir répondu à cette interview :-P) ?

  My students are grateful for my teaching efforts and the results that I help them to achieve. Please, don't hesitate to read my testimonials.