Deciding if a Vancouver Island French tutor is right for your child?

The bottom line is yes, French tutors are always a good idea. Here’s why:

Classroom instruction is not only limited to a block of an hour or so, but it is also where your child is among many others trying to decipher and figure out what is being taught to them. Regardless of whether your child is having difficulty in a language class or not, your child’s French skills can exponentially improve when they have the chance to work with an experienced Francophone, one-on-one.

Most importantly, if your child dreads or is frightened by going to French class OR brings home a less than stellar report card grade, these are signs your child isn’t keeping up. In those cases, it is definitely time to consider hiring one of our private French tutors in Victoria, Comox Valley, Duncan, Nanaimo and other Vancouver Island areas to get them on track.

See rapid learning improvements when an experienced French tutor develops a personalized lesson strategy

When your French tutor comes to your home to work with your child, they will be able to evaluate your child’s skill level in the language and develop a viable course of action for ongoing French tutoring. Practice makes perfect, but more specifically, speaking, writing, listening and reading will improve with guided conversation practice.

Our trained, local Vancouver Island language tutors will provide a nurturing environment that encourages mistakes when learning French, so they can be corrected and worked upon. This means your child will learn French at their own pace and be encouraged to speak in a private environment, free from the judgement or distraction of peers. They will continuously practice skills in:

• Naming French nouns
• Forming proper French sentences
• Learning common cultural phrases
• Reading and writing French
• Speaking and listening in French

Keep your child’s horizons open with a second language

Canada is a bilingual nation, and there are a vast amount of jobs requiring French proficiency. For example, many national companies need customer representatives, marketing personnel, IT people, managers and administrative teams working in both languages. This applies to banks, cell phone companies, electronic producers, clothing brands, cosmetics, etc. – you name it. Furthermore, a majority of government jobs will require French language fluency..

There really is no downside to knowing French; whether it be opening the door for an enriching career, or as a fun way to meet more people around the world. (Did you know there are over 220 million French speakers worldwide, and it’s the only language other than English to be spoken on all 5 continents!?)