I will personally run  your French conversation session and speak to you via Zoom.

My name is Pierre and I'm a French teacher who ran a boutique French language school in Sydney, Australia (2006-2014). Since then our family has relocated to Europe (Paris, the French Alps and now South-East England) where I continue the journey with the French Moments blog.

I am currently offering French conversation sessions only* (intermediate level and above). The idea is to talk in French based on a given topic(s) which could be a mix of:

- a language question (vocabulary, grammar, conjugaison),

- current affairs,

- travel advice (places to see and visit).

In fact, whatever France-related topic you fancy. Your choice!

* If you don't speak French but want to talk about France or some travel plans I'm happy to do the sessions in English with you.

Both!

You can be the only participant to the class and book a private session (£30 for 40 minutes)

You can also invite other friends to the class (max 4), ie people you know. This has to be organised prior to the session... because the price will be lower per person!

You'll have the opportunity to let me know when completing the questionnaire.

The online sessions are run with Zoom. The solution allows us to better interact, to share documents (photos, texts, etc) and even to invite other people to the class.

Prior to the class you'll be sent a link to ask you to connect to Zoom. It's really easy.

What is great about Zoom is that you don't need to login to anything... just click on the link and follow the (easy) instructions!

The idea is that we want to converse in French in a spontaneous way.

So preparation is not essential but you can of course do a little preparation about the topic we'll be talking about.

For example, if we have planned to talk about the best boulangeries in France, you can do a little research about the topic, get some vocabulary sorted, make a few notes. 

You may also have a few questions about French vocabulary or grammar.

You don't need to prepare anything at all but it might help you get more out of the session(s).

You will be asked in the questionnaire about your preferred times.

I will contact you to set up suitable times and do my best to work in with your schedule.

However as I am living in England and don't anticipate working through the night (!) I'll suggest some times that work for both time zones, if they are different. 

You can pay via PayPal. We also accept payments through TransferWise into a local currency account in USD, AUD, EUR, GBP.

All payments must be made in advance. 

I charge £30 per session of 40 minutes.

(to give you an idea, in July 2020, £30 was roughly equivalent to USD 39 or AUD 55)

If there are 2-4 participants, the price will be lower - I'll let you know after receiving your completed questionnaire.

When filling in the questionnaire, you will be asked about the frequency of the sessions.

You can opt for a one-off session and book them week to week.

Or you can book a series of several lessons in advance.

However, be aware that it is "premier arrivé, premier servi" (on a first come, first served basis). A booking time you had on a given week may not be available later.

Unexpected circumstances can happen to everyone... and even to me!

When a session can't run as planned, there are two solutions:

- reschedule the session(s) time.

- refund the session(s).

Please note that no refund will be issued when sessions are canceled less than 24 hours before the starting time of the French course. However we can reschedule it!

(I want to make things as easy as possible but would ask that lessons are only rescheduled when absolutely necessary and not on a regular basis. ?)