Who We Help

• School Aged Children: We help parents with children from K-grade 9 identify how to improve their children’s speaking, reading and writing proficiency in French. We offer fun and engaging activities and resources that support second language development appropriate to the age and comprehension level of children.
  
  
• High school students: We help students and parents understand the process of choosing a second language as a major or minor at High School. We offer prior preparation and ongoing support during high school, helping students improve their speaking, reading and writing skills and achieve more success during their language studies.
  
  
• University /College students: We work with students in higher education who wish to improve their verbal, reading and written proficiency in French. We know that communicating in a second language can help open doors to more opportunities for internships and jobs in the future.

• Adults of all ages: Whether you want to learn a second language for personal reasons or professional reasons to advance your career and business, we offer guidance to help you learn to better express yourself in French.

Our Second Language Acquisition Improvement Services:

Too often language learners spend time and energy on training that does not fully meet their needs. The goal of our program is to save you time, effort and money, by identifying your strength and weakness, and help you improve the effectiveness of your second language learning activities.

1. A) Evaluation, Assessment and Recommendations: Our evaluation, assessment and feedback process can be applied to better assess how well the language support and training you are receiving is helping you, your family member or employee, successfully progress in the acquisition of a second language.

Providing practical feedback will help you identify your verbal, writing or reading language acquisition skills that will benefit from further focus and development.

1. B) Progress Monitoring and Coaching: Our progress monitoring and coaching guidance, based on the assessment and evaluation process, helps us identify and provide appropriate additional language development guidance, recommendations and suggestions for additional resources to support improved second language acquisition.

Our Services and Fees

30-minute session, 45-minute or 60-minute session.

1. A) Speaking Assessment and Evaluation (30-minute session. Recommended for primary level)
   
   This 3-step process includes:

• 1) A live two-way conversation in French is held with the learner. Using a question-and-answer format, learners are asked to respond to questions while the evaluator listens without interruption. The evaluator identifies the accuracy and the clarity of the learner’s replies, noting vocabulary choices and language errors.
• 2) The results of assessment are shared with the learner and/or parents, identifying the strength and weakness of the learner.
• 3) A few recommendations are provided to help learners improve their reading and speaking skills.
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1. B) Speaking and Reading Assessment and Evaluation (45-minute session)

This 4-step interactive online session includes:

• 1) A live two-way conversation in French is held with the learner. Using a question-and-answer format, learners are asked to respond to questions while the evaluator listens without interruption. The evaluator identifies the accuracy and the clarity of the learner’s replies, noting vocabulary choices and language errors.
• 2) Learners are then asked to read a text or a dialogue of varying length and difficulty, appropriate for the age and language skills level of the learner. The evaluator listens and notes the effectiveness of intonation, expression and pronunciation.
• 3) The results of assessment are shared with the learner and/or parents, identifying the strength and weakness of the learner.
• 4) A few recommendations are provided to help learners improve their reading and speaking skills.

1. C) Writing assessment (45-minute session)

This 3-step process includes:

• 1) Learners independently complete a brief written assignment and emailing the assignment to the evaluator for review
• 2) A two-way meeting is held online with the evaluator, students (and parents) where the evaluator provides feedback, identifying and explaining to the learners any mistakes and providing information on how to correct the errors
• 3) The evaluator provides recommendations, ideas and tools to help learners improve writing proficiency.

Combine B & C = 60-minute package

1. D) Ongoing Monitoring and Coaching (30 minutes)

  30-minute process monitoring and update

• A live coaching session reviewing language speaking, reading and writing acquisition progress.