Best French Courses Seattle Near Me

Grace Scarella: consisted of friendly chats like two friends catching up over coffee, but entirely in French. However, when I wanted more help with the usage of prepositions, Geneviève had exercises readily available. Additionally, she would also assign me a topic to write about that we would discuss the following week, and she was great at choosing subjects that interested me as well as pushed me to use different vocabulary, verb tenses/moods, varied sentence structures, etc. After a few months working with Geneviève on a weekly basis, I feel like my language recall and fluency have greatly improved, matching my language proficiency I had attained while living in France. Speaking regularly with a native speaker like Geneviève is the best way to improve your French, whether you’re a beginner or advanced speaker, especially if you aren’t able to be fully immersed in a French-speaking country.

Diane Olberg: Geneviève is a superb teacher with a creative approach to our lessons. For our weekly sessions, she sends recorded dictations for me to transcribe as well as grammar lessons. I write short essays and sentences for review together, and we also use conversation to improve my pronunciation and vocabulary. She is a warm person as well as a dedicated teacher. I enjoy all of our lessons, and my French is improving a lot.

Susan Bellan: I started taking from Genevieve after I was taking lessons with friends through another private instructor. In that case, my friends were fluent in Spanish already and the lessons were extremely challenging for me so I finally let my friends know it wasn't working out - but, alas, now I had to find another teacher! I found Genevieve through Internet searching and I am very glad that I did. She teaches in a manner that really works for me and adjusts her processes when it makes sense. She is a lovely person and I enjoy going to my class with her each time. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to either improve their French or start from the beginning.

laura butcher: Geneviève is a wonderful tutor! She creates a fun and relaxing environment for learning. The lessons are focused on my goals and she helps me identify creative ways to fit learning French into everyday practice.

Adrienne Jones: Geneviève Larivée is a wonderful French teacher - patient, fun, and encouraging. Highly recommend!!!

Anthony Colburn: I have really enjoyed working with Geneviève over the last year to improve my French. I had been away from French for several years and needed help picking it up again. Geneviève creates a great blend of speaking, listening, reading, and writing that focuses on the student’s individual needs, even varying lessons to simulate real-world settings where conversation can be more difficult, e.g., on the phone or outdoors. She also flexes topics of conversation to give students practice speaking in situations they might encounter in their individual daily lives and professions. She is great at illustrating difficult grammatical constructions in a manner that makes them easy to remember. Geneviève strives to accommodate students’ scheduling needs and is great at following up when new time slots become available. I highly recommend her.

Vance B: Genevieve is an excellent instructor. She tailors the lessons to your needs and offers a lot of ideas to gain skills in French outside of her classroom.

Michele Kaspar: Geneviève makes learning French fun and relaxing. I started working with her about 3 years ago after taking some classes, and for the first time learning French didn't feel so overwhelming to me. She is great about adjusting our focus as my needs change, always making sure that what I'm working on will hold my interest. She is a super nice, patient, and encouraging person to have along on your journey into learning another language.

Bill Savage: . She draws upon this experience to bring a genuine understanding and sensitivity to her student's individual learning style. Geneviève is a fountain of good spirits and professionalism. She has a deep reserve of patience, and is one of the hardest working people I know. She motivates me to do well, and along those lines, she will often follow up with me between lessons to make sure that I have understood. Her knowledge and understanding of the French language is complete and you will simply not find a better teacher. She is also a dedicated athlete and artist, which just makes her a great person to know. Her creativity and energy are apparent in everything she does. I highly recommend Geneviève.

Melissa Mallory: Genevieve is a great teacher! She is enthusiastic, kind, patient, and accommodating. I started weekly 1:1 lessons with her prior to an 8 week trip to France. She helped to explain the nuances, phrases, and things I just would not have gotten in a large classroom setting. I looked forward to our weekly lessons. She loves her native language. That shines through when working with her. She is also quite clear, slow, and does not get bothered for asking how to pronounce something for the 10th time! I would highly recommend Genevieve for both French lessons and translation services.