Salut! My name is Marie, a native French and Haitian Creole speaker with 15 years of experience teaching language to everyone, from professionals to school students. My language teaching journey began by training foreign organizations officials, and I have since taught in US public schools (FL charter schools, Fairfax County), and tutored adults and students of all levels. I am a certified French teacher having scored 186/200 on the Praxis French exam.
My background as a lawyer trained in...
Salut! My name is Marie, a native French and Haitian Creole speaker with 15 years of experience teaching language to everyone, from professionals to school students. My language teaching journey began by training foreign organizations officials, and I have since taught in US public schools (FL charter schools, Fairfax County), and tutored adults and students of all levels. I am a certified French teacher having scored 186/200 on the Praxis French exam.
My background as a lawyer trained in both my country and the US has equipped me with structured communication, critical thinking, and explaining complex concepts with clarity. My extensive work as a translator-interpreter of English-French-Haitian Creole in my country, the U.S., and online adds a cross-cultural layer to my lessons.
For Professionals, I use a goal-oriented communicative approach, incorporating technical vocabulary and task-based lessons applicable to their work duties. For students and other learners, I focus on building strong foundation in reading, writing, listening, and speaking. For long-term students I send bi-weekly progress reports home to keep parents updated.
I use a variety of engaging materials that are: audio, videos, textbooks-with colorful pictures for younger learners- short stories, dialogues, songs, news articles, broadcasts, projects, and role-play for multiple learning activities. A key focus of my instruction is breaking down challenging areas-like the famous French verb conjugations that pair each subject pronoun with a different verb form- into a simple and manageable way!
My passion for language is also literary; I am a published author in a prestigious French journal which earned me an offer to become a shareholder; and a participant in UNESCO, French Alliance and RFI literary contests. I was awarded in 2007 the Fulbright-Humphrey Scholarship by the US Government to pursue a Master of Laws Degree and advanced professional development in the US.
Let me guide you confidently to success in your language journey!
