FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
My rates depend on the level and age of my students: Kids (9+), Middle-school & High-School (French I, II): $80/h Young adults (18-25 years old) & High-School (French III, IV, AP): $90/hour Adults: $100/hour I am happy to offer a $5 discount per lesson when you take more than one lesson a week. Classes for 2 students of the same level are possible: add $30 per hour. All materials are included. If you live further than Menlo Park, Atherton, Stanford Campus or Palo Alto, I may charge a supplement per lesson, depending on how far you are. Here is my price policy: 1. If you need to cancel a lesson, you must notify me at least the day before. Any lesson canceled on the day of the lesson will be fully charged. 2. If for any reason I do not arrive on time, the length of the lesson will remain the same. For example, if I am 5min late, the lesson will finish 5min after the regular time. 3. The lesson starts the moment I arrive at your place. If for any reason you are late, we will have a lesson corresponding to the time we have left. The lesson will be fully charged. 4. If you have several lessons per week but you need to cancel one of them, the discount will not be applied for the remaining lesson. The discount is reapplied as soon as we start having several lessons again. For example, you have 1h twice a week at $80/h. Thanks to the discount offered, your rate is $75/h. But if you cancel one of the lessons, your rate goes back to $80/h for the remaining lesson. 5. If I am the one who needs to cancel one of the lessons when you have several lessons per week and we cannot find another time to reschedule it, the remaining lessons stays at the discounted rate.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I got my Master's Degree in English/French Translation in 2008 in France. I have been teaching and tutoring since 2006 (more details in the ABOUT section), and I opened my business here in February 2014. I have studied English, French, Translation and Linguistics and I have been doing this job for 20 years. I often travel back to France, and I really stay tuned to what's happening there. I also check on new book and music releases, in order to offer my students the very latest ones, among of course more classical references, or cult ones.
- What types of customers have you worked with?
I have worked or been working with total beginners, junior-school/high-school/college students who wanted to improve their French or prepare an exam, adults who needed to work on their French for their jobs or just willing to continue what they started learning at school.