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Gentle, engaging, patient language tutor (French, ESL, Spanish)
Maddy D.

185 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $65

About Maddy


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Hi! I'm Maddy (French, ESL, beginner Spanish). I've always been a language lover and started learning French at an early age. Although I grew up in the UK, I had extended family based in France with whom I often went to stay, which enabled me to develop bilingual fluency. I studied English Literature at Oxford University for a year or so, before moving to the U.S, where I switched to French. I graduated (4.0 with a French major and an award for the most outstanding student in the foreign...

Hi! I'm Maddy (French, ESL, beginner Spanish). I've always been a language lover and started learning French at an early age. Although I grew up in the UK, I had extended family based in France with whom I often went to stay, which enabled me to develop bilingual fluency. I studied English Literature at Oxford University for a year or so, before moving to the U.S, where I switched to French. I graduated (4.0 with a French major and an award for the most outstanding student in the foreign language department), then taught for 17 years at Le Lycée Francais de Los Angeles, (both English as a foreign language to French kids and French as a foreign language to Americans).

Right now, I’m teaching French to high-school students one-on-one at a great alternative private school called Fusion Academy and am collaborating with a French Canadian author in my spare time on the English translation of his first novel that was published in French.

I have tutored extensively both in person and online and what I love most about teaching is helping people connect with and cultivate their intrinsic motivation, an ideal I am passionate about. My greatest strengths as a teacher are creativity and learner centered-ness (by which I mean attunement to students’ needs and feelings and emphasizing strengths and progress). I strongly appreciate the connection between confidence, motivation and success, so if choose to you work with me sensitivity, patience, and understanding are guaranteed!


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French

I graduated summa cum laude from Pepperdine with a French major and major related award. I studied French for one summer at the Sorbonne in Paris with Santa Monica college (where I was assigned to the top level) and one summer at a university in Lyon during a home-stay with a French family as part of Pepperdine University's study abroad program.
ESL/ESOL
Grammar
Spanish
Vocabulary
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4.9 (52 ratings)
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Very best

We were lucky to find Maddy. Our daughter attends French school but we struggled finding ways to help since neither my wife or I speak French. We sought additional lessons for our daughter who struggles to verbalize in French. Maddy was quick to engage our daughter by series of fun interactive sessions. Progress Maddy has made with my daughter has been amazing. Maddy is a gem.

Jerry, 10 lessons with Maddy

Excellent Tutor

Maddie gave really helpful tools to my kids to help them with some French lessons they were absent for at school. She was well prepared and made my kids feel more confident and up to speed with verbal, written French directions skills and with some grammar lessons as well. She is excellent as a French tutor!

Eleanor, 1 lesson with Maddy
Tutor responded:

Ah, Ellie; what a lovely surprise! Thank you so much for your thoughtful kindness!! (I REALLY appreciate it!) :o)

Great with children

Maddy was amazing! My daughter loved her lesson so much and can't wait until her next one. She was patient and knowledgeable and very fun! She made learning enjoyable!

Cassandra, 24 lessons with Maddy
Tutor responded:

Oh, bless your heart, Cassandra! You just made my day! It's SO kind of you to take the time to give me the gift of positive feedback, here! I never request this sort of thing from clients - (have an aversion to doing so!) - so it really means a LOT when someone cares enough to take the initiative spontaneously! Thank you! :o)

Engaging, prepared and adaptable

Maddy introduced our two boys, ages 6 and 8, to French over a few lessons. Her approach was thoughtful, and had the right mix of formal instruction and games. Rather than be eager to end each session, they wanted to extend an extra half hour. Also, the enthusiasm from the lessons carried through to the days in between, where they practiced vocabulary and the phrases they learned. We thought teaching the two boys at once would be a challenge, but with Maddy it seemed to work out very well.

Kevin, 3 lessons with Maddy

Prepared, patient and kind

Maddy has been tutoring my 10 yr. old son for a number of months now. He is working on focus and Maddy makes the lessons interesting by introducing games and competition into them. She is incredibly prepared and able to navigate whatever is happening in the lesson to help him progress. She's wonderful!

Scott, 17 lessons with Maddy

Extremely knowledgeable, patient and helpful.

We went over prepositions, vocabulary, conjugations, etc. Maddy was extremely patient with me and very encouraging— she really took the time to answer all of my questions thoroughly and explain everything.

Michelle, 1 lesson with Maddy
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