Maria

Qualified French and Italian Tutor and author of French textbooks used in many British schools. I am a French national from Paris and I came to London 30 years ago. I have been teaching since and writing my own method of learning French with memory tricks (recognised and recommended by the Times Educational Supplement).
I have plenty of experience with students preparing for exams such as Common Entrance, GCSE, IGCSE, A level, IB and at University level. I also teach adults.

I have been described as a friendly, warm and enthusiastic person who gets the best out of my students thanks to my unique approach. Please contact me for further information regarding my availability.

Tutoring Experience

I have tutored students from a variety of schools: Wimbledon High School, St Paul's school, Sutton High School, Surbiton High School, Donhead Preparatory School, Marymount International School, Rokeby, Willington, Ricards Lodge High School, Kings College, Wesminster School.
I have taught Italian to GCSE students for two years at Wimbledon High School.
I have taught French and Italian in companies including Goldman Sachs, Sony, Ubisoft and ICL
I have established a new French club for primary children at Park Community School in Morden.
I have been an examiner for the Baccalaureate in France.
I have been a Teacher Trainer for primary and secondary teachers.

Tutoring Approach

I provide excellent exam techniques that help students to become confident at their exam (many boards including Edexcel and AQA) to be able to aim for the highest marks.
I believe anyone can be fluent in a foreign language if the language is presented logically and with memory tricks and idea associations. Let me give you some
examples:
- cacher means to hide (Memory trick: imagine you hide your cash and cash reminds us of cacher).
- cher = expensive (Memory trick: when something is expensive we want to share the expense).