“Extraordinaire! I spoke French haltingly and could read it, but felt very awkward trying to make conversation about anything that mattered. In one hour a day for five days, Monday through Friday, the teacher coached me on the phrases and the subjects the things I most wanted to be able to talk about: society, education and literature. She was a pleasure to converse with, and she tailored her method precisely to my needs. She listened, proposed better and more normal expressions, and wrote and then e-mailed me the scripts.
On our two last days, I wanted to focus on phonetics, and here she not only listened and made me practice certain sounds, she also recorded her voice and mine on the tricky ones — “un, on, en” and “e, è, e´” especially — so that I can replay any practice till I get it closer. She also gave me links to the best Internet sites for this practice. Merci beaucoup! J’espère vous voir très bientôt”