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Online or face-to-face courses in French, history and geography
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Professional teacher, French, very experienced and very serious, I offer private lessons and tutoring at a distance (by Zoom or Skype) or face-to-face (Luxembourg-city and surroundings) in French for primary school and school secondary (French, history, geography), as well as French as a foreign language (FLE) courses for children and adults.

I am always very attentive to the pupil or the student I have in front of me, his characteristics and his specificities, I thus adapt to the pupil in order to be as efficient as possible, that either in tutoring classes or in French as a foreign language classes.

I therefore try to adapt as best as possible the methodology of the courses and the teaching aids used to the different students and their particularities, as my background shows: in total I have completed 26 years of teaching (higher education, secondary education, private lessons) to all kinds of audiences, in all kinds of conditions, and in 4 different countries: France, Luxembourg, Russia, Lithuania.

I have in fact taught French middle and high school students; students from the Luxembourg school systems, from the European Schools in Luxembourg; to French, Lithuanian, Russian students...; to Lithuanian French teachers; to adults of different nationalities learning French in Luxembourg, etc.

During the ten years of private lessons in Luxembourg, I carried out different types of lessons and activities:
- courses in history, geography, French (primary and secondary schools), French for adults (FLE: French as a foreign language),
- preparation for the French bac: French 2nd and 1st year classes (French literature),
- supervision of a student enrolled in history-geography at the CNED (National Center for Distance Studies, France),
- preparation for the French tests for the entrance exams to the Luxembourg civil service (summaries, discussions, method of the dissertation),
- supervision of a summary test in French for a business school competition,
- proofreading and correction of dissertations in French (higher education), etc.
Extra information
• Curriculum vitae :

• Training:
- Ecole normale supérieure (Ulm), 1986, aggregation in history 1990.
- Paris-Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 1986-1988, license and master's degree in history.
- Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1991, DEA in social sciences.

• Long teaching experience:
- Vilnius University, French language and civilization course (Lithuania, 1991-1993)
- Laboratory of social sciences, history course (Ecole normale supérieure, Paris, 1994-1998)
- French University College in Moscow, sociology course (Russia, 1998-2001)
- Secondary education, history-geography and civic education courses: high schools and colleges in the Paris region and in Thionville (2001-2008)
- Private lessons in Luxembourg, French and history-geography lessons (since 2011).
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  • Around Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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About Me
Former literary student at the Ecole normale supérieure (rue d'Ulm, Paris), former student in History at the Sorbonne (University Paris-I), agrégé d'Histoire, graduate in social sciences, long experience of higher education, secondary education and private lessons (10 years of private lessons experience in Luxembourg).
Education
Ecole normale supérieure (Ulm), 1986, aggregation in history 1990.
Paris-Panthéon-Sorbonne University, 1986-1988, license and master's degree in history.
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 1991, DEA in social sciences.
Experience / Qualifications
• Long teaching experience:
- Vilnius University, French language and civilization course (Lithuania, 1991-1993)
- Laboratory of social sciences, history course (Ecole normale supérieure, Paris, 1994-1998)
- French University College in Moscow, sociology course (Russia, 1998-2001)
- Secondary education, history-geography and civic education courses: high schools and colleges in the Paris region and in Thionville (2001-2008)
- Private lessons in Luxembourg, French and history-geography lessons (since 2011).
Age
Preschool children (4-6 years old)
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration
60 minutes
90 minutes
The class is taught in
French
English
Skills
French for adults
Fsl
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