Michelle
線上法文、中文家教

Learning a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world. After my English milestones in Canada, I decided to stay and work in this bilingual country where English and French are the official languages. To be competitive among job applicants, speaking French definitely polishes my resume, helps advance my career and opens a wide range of professional opportunities.

Among a lot of French teachers from all over the world, Michelle stands out to be mine because of her personal characteristics and teaching styles.

To begin with, Michelle is a teacher who comes with her fascinating personalities that she is motivated, patient and knowledgeable. Before purchasing a set of course, I discussed my goals and expectations with Michelle in my trial lesson. In the lesson, she showed her passion about French and made me feel that my French learning journey would be fun, and I was right. I have enjoyed taking French lessons with her and she encourages me to speak out and use her sense of humour to boost my interests in learning French. Although there are times when my brain stops functioning in a class, she patiently helps and assists me to complete sentences or pronunciations. Whenever I had questions, she always answered immediately. Also, Michelle is very knowledgeable since she can speak multiple languages; for example, she sometimes comes up with stories behind words and demonstrates the connections between French and other languages.

In addition to Michelle’s personality, her teaching styles are important keys to my French journey. She is a strong communicator who engages students in lessons, an effective interpreter who explains French, and an adaptive lecturer who values real-world learning. First of all, good teachers are engaging, and Michelle is one of them. Instead of only giving lectures behind scenes, she engages with students by practicing conversations together. For instance, there are many dialogues provided through lessons, and she sometimes uses adorable stuffed toys as imaginary friends for group conversation practices, which supports the gaps in one-on-one lessons and creates a fun learning environment. As mentioned before, Michelle is knowledgeable and good at explanations, and her word choice is explicit and practical so I know my takeaways from lessons can be applied to real daily conversations. Moreover, because I am in Canada, she does mention and distinguish the differences between France French and Quebec French. Different than teaching standard content set from the textbook, Michelle’s teaching materials are various. For example, she adds useful French learning websites, video links and movie recommendations into lessons. Besides, Michelle is an effective teacher that she gives her course material involving recent events. To illustrate, I learn vaccination-related vocabulary and festive greetings such as Happy Moon Festival in different ways. This does have the benefits of seeing the practical application of what I am learning in the moment I am learning it.

Overall, I have learned a lot from Michelle, and I always look forward to taking the next French lesson. It is my pleasure to have her as my teacher. Thanks to Michelle’s participation in my French learning pathway that she makes my French learning adventure much more entertaining. Hopefully, I will be able to share my story in French in the near future.