Question 1

What is First French Tutoring?

Accepted Answer

First French Tutoring is an online tutoring company designed to help you learn French no matter your age! No other tutoring service can give your student the same confidence and skills to successfully learn the beautiful French language. At First French Tutoring, our instructor, Madame Chantal, utilizes an innovative conversational style of teaching to help her students learn French in the most intuitive and natural way. A Parisian-born French teacher, Madame Chantal is dedicated to helping her students learn language organically in an active and fully-engaged environment. And with online tutoring, you can learn anywhere. Connecting with others across the world is truly a gift, but it’s impossible if you aren’t speaking the same language. Whether you want to learn French yourself, or if you’re interested in giving your young child or teen the opportunity to broaden their horizons, First French Teaching provides effective and personal tutoring sessions that will help you learn this beautiful language. You won’t find a more effective and proven tutoring company anywhere.

Question 2

More about Madame Chantal

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Madame Chantal is a Parisian born French teacher and is dedicated to teaching students Conversational French and Spanish, in an active and fully-engaged environment. Chantal uses a phonic approach to teach French in a way that is interactive and fun for the student. She uses colorful worksheets with cartoon characters, where visual learning is incorporated into the lesson. In the beginning, the student learns to identify characters and their actions in the stories. Then they master the vocabulary and are able to rewrite, retell, and answer questions about the story. The student soon realizes that they can create their own story with words that they have now learned from any previous lessons. Using Chantal’s learning method, students will learn to read, write, and speak in French. Her innovative conversational style of teaching is the result of lifelong training.

Question 3

What are the Benefits of Learning French?

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Since the 1960s, several studies have shown that bilingualism leads to many advantages, beyond the obvious social benefits of being able to speak to more people. It also improves executive function, a term for advanced mental abilities that allow us to control our thoughts and behavior, such as focusing on a goal, ignoring distractions, switching attention, and planning for the future. Scientists have begun to show that the advantages of bilingualism are even more fundamental than being able to converse with a wider range of people. It can have a profound effect on your brain, improving cognitive skills not related to language and even shielding against dementia in old age. Research indicates that in full immersion programs, children develop initial literacy in the immersion language, and then develop a complete understanding of the foreign language. However, the benefits do not stop there. In fact, the many cognitive processes that underlie the ability to read a foreign language, such as understanding the relationship between the spoken language and the written word, transfer from one language to another. In essence, research shows that a full immersion program not only teaches students a foreign language, it strengthens their understanding of their native language as well. There is no evidence to suggest that it isn't any harder for a child to acquire two languages than it is for the child to acquire one language. As long as people are regularly speaking with and exposing the child in both languages, the child will acquire them both easily. A full immersion school exposes children to cultures they may not regularly encounter on a day-to-day basis, and it develops in them an ability to make friends and connections with a variety of classmates. Have you ever heard the bilingual quote; “To have another language is to possess a second soul” by Charlemagne? One of the benefits of being bilingual can mean that you see the world in different ways. An added amazing benefit of being bilingual is that you can learn additional languages more easily. This is because language skills reinforce each other.

Question 4

What is a Full Immersion Class?

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The immersion approach first gained traction in North America because educators believed in its potential to move students further towards bilingualism and bi-literacy. This full immersion approach to second-language and literacy development proved itself to be the most successful school-based language program model available. It is the basis for the approach taken by Language Today, our sister organization.

Question 5

Can you tell me more about Language today?

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Language Today is a full immersion language school offering classes from Pre-k to adulthood. They specialize in full immersion at a young age using unique, interactive learning styles. Language Today uses a phonetic approach to teach language in a way that is interactive and fun for students. Music, art and visual learning are all incorporated into the structure of the curriculum. Their core values are: Excellence, Diversity, Respect, Connection,  and their goal is to equip students with the skills for future global success. You can learn more by clicking here.

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