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Caroline Jestaz
Experienced online language teacher & Novelist


French for Business - Online
All levels
Bespoke - Collaborative - Delivering results
As a former company director, I understand the challenges businesses face in fostering effective communication across diverse teams and markets.
To that end, I offer flexible, bespoke online language classes designed specifically for corporate environments.
I’m a French native speaker with expert knowledge of French and English.
I will help you:
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communicate efficiently and avoid misunderstandings,
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overcome language barriers slowing down decision-making,
meetings, and workflows, -
master cultural differences.
All with the aim to give you, and your team, the edge to build/strengthen relationships with your French partners/colleagues, and increase sales and revenue as a result.
Based on my own learning experience (detailed below), my method shows you how to take charge of the learning process, actively use French, and feel confident. It's collaborative and proven to deliver results in business.
MY EXPERIENCE IN BRIEF
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I'm French and trilingual (French / English / Italian).
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I have 20+ years of teaching experience, including at university.
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I'm the former manager of a publishing company.
I became a teacher because I'm passionate about languages, I'm a natural communicator, and love nothing more than seeing my students empowered with language.
ASSESSING YOUR NEEDS
My courses will be entirely tailored to your needs, with the view to maximimising your learning time and making sure you immediately put in practice what you've just learned (see testimonial below).
You can use this audit form as a starting point and book your free 20-minute chat. I'd love to talk and see how I can best help you.
And if you're busy and need ad hoc support for meetings, phone/video calls, correspondence, presentations or socialising, why not get a voucher for a taster session?
In any case, don't hesitate to get in touch. I look forward to meeting you!
My method
I have created a method based on my own experience as a learner, which is a radical departure from what we've all experienced at school because:
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I explain every step of the process,
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I show you how to speak French without translating from English,
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I make sure you immediately put in practice new language points,
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I help use your interests to integrate language learning to your life.
My take on language learning
''Caroline excels at finding the precise balance of positive encouragement and gentle pressure needed to push us students out of our language comfort zones. Her approach focuses on empowering students to use the language in a way that is personal and real to them, no matter their level of vocabulary or grammar.
Lessons are highly tailored to your interests and needs, not just going through exercises in a generic book. All language teachers correct what their students say, but Caroline goes a step beyond: she will notice what language points you *avoid* and will train you to use them in an everyday setting so that your French sounds more natural. She is particularly skilled at French-English difficulties, so if you are an Anglophone hoping to learn French (or vice versa). I highly recommend you seek her out.''
Alex Cayco-Gajic
For more information about my teaching, check my blog and Q&A. You can also read more testimonials from my students.