Meet The French Workshop team:
OUR TEAM
At The French Workshop, we’re lucky to have a team of enthusiastic, skilled and passionate French tutors with fascinating backgrounds. All of them are native French speakers and experienced in teaching French as a second language in-person and online.
Our skilled French tutors come from various part of France (Paris, Strasbourg, New Caledonia...) and each one of them brings their unique experiences in education, art, cooking, literature and more during each lesson.
All tutors are based in Australia and for most of them in Melbourne.
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Lucie, a French native speaker from Tours (the inhabitants of Tours are renowned for speaking the "purest" form of French!), founded The French Workshop in 2013.
Since then, Lucie has taught French to many people in Melbourne, from beginners to advanced speakers, from individual to group lessons. She can teach French to children, high school students and adults starting from scratch, as well as help students prepare for exams (VCE, IB, DELF, DALF…) and stay motivated.
Being a foreigner herself, Lucie understands that learning a new language takes a lot of practice and also patience. That's why her lessons are always varied, enjoyable and suit each student's needs.
Lucie uses real French materials like newspapers, novels, songs etc and encourages students to speak in French as much as possible, allowing them to speak like a true French person. Teaching funny French expressions and popular words is her specialty!
Lucie is available for online lessons and also for face to face lessons in Melbourne.
Elodie is from Paris. After teaching French and Latin in high school for 10 years, she decided she wanted to find a way to also put in good use her long lasting love of English and moved to Melbourne.
As an experienced teacher, Elodie knows well how to adapt her teaching to her students and to find motivating but also useful resources. She can help you to begin your journey of learning French or to improve it while sharing her knowledge of French culture and history. She can also help you to prepare for exams (VCE, DELF…), or to improve your fluency. Looking for new tricks of effective communication has always been a hobby of hers!
If you love Paris, literature, science-fiction, fantasy, animated but always respectful debates, you will for sure enjoy your lessons with Elodie.
Elodie is available for online lessons only.
Zoé,
French tutor
Zoé is from Strasbourg, the capital of Christmas thanks to it’s well known ‘Christkindelsmärik’.
She obtained a Master's degree in Teaching French as a Foreign Language in 2014 and since then she has been working with students of all ages, levels and with various needs. Zoé also can help students prepare for exams (VCE, DELF, DALF...).
Zoé is someone who loves the adventure and
journey of sharing the French culture with others. She uses real-life resources such as TV shows / movies, books, magazines and newspapers from France.
Most importantly, Zoé always makes sure you have a good time!
Zoé is available for online and face to face lessons in Melbourne.
Christine,
French tutor
Originally from Paris, Christine grew up in different parts of France such as in the Alps, in Chambery and in Angers. Even though Christine left France a long time ago and lived in Germany for many years, she is very close to her country and its culture. Teaching her native language is a way of being an “ambassador” as she likes to include important points of tradition, etiquette and history in her lessons.
Since then, Christine has taught French to a wide range of students, including business-people and children. She is a very dynamic and patient person who loves to add a little bit of humour and fun to her lessons.
Topics such as food and wine (she taught cooking classes for 20 years) but also music (Indie and Classic), cinema and literature are Christine’s favorites and she is always keen to include them in her lessons either through texts, mini- documentaries or films online.
Christine is available for online and face to face lessons in Melbourne.
Lucie, founder of The French Workshop &
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Ela,
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Cassandre,
French tutor
Cassandre is from Chartres, in Francel and has always been passionate about traveling, translation (volunteer TED subtitles translator since 2020), languages, and tutoring! Throughout her study abroad experiences, she developed speaking abilities in English, Spanish, Italian, and German.
She has tutored many different students with various backgrounds and goals in Germany, England, Spain, France, and now Australia!
She can teach children, teenagers, and adults, from beginners to advanced and help prepare for different French exams such as DELF and DALF.
Cassandre is a dynamic, patient, and encouraging teacher. She likes to teach using visual aids such as mind maps and immerses her students in everyday French life using audio, short clips from different movies/series or videos, newspaper articles, songs, games, and various other activities. She is always looking for new interactive and fun ways to engage her students and create dynamic lessons!
Cassandre is available for online and face to face lessons in Melbourne.
Marion was born in France but she is from everywhere!
She has spent a few years living in Paris and in the south of France but lived most of life overseas: in Hong Kong, Germany, Czech Republic and Syria. She is now finally settling in Australia.
Having spent so many years in different countries, she learnt to appreciate different cultures and cherish her own.
She started tutoring while living in Syria as an after school job. She has decided that it is something she wants to do as her main job and she has been working as a French teacher for the past 2 years. From beginners to advanced levels she understands how to personalise a lesson to make it accessible and enjoyable for any levels.
She is also interested in teaching children as she is very creative and like crafts. She believes mixing teaching and craft is a great way to learn and teach.
Marion takes teaching seriously but can only do it well if both her and her students are having a good time! She loves travelling, reading, movies and always enjoys a good debate about any topic.
Marion is available for online lessons only.
Marion,
French tutor
Brice,
French tutor
Brice is from New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific Ocean, only 3 hours flight from Melbourne.
He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in New Caledonia. He then went to New Zealand as an exchange student and to France for a master’s degree in education.
He has taught French in New Zealand for 5 months and in France for 3 years to students from UK, USA, Spain. He was an English teacher for 2 years in high school and middle school in Montpellier before coming to Melbourne.
Brice is now teaching French to many students, including children in Melbourne. He is also a French assistant in a high school 2 days per week and trains year 12 students for the VCE.
Brice is very dynamic, motivated, patient and determined. He also likes to use music and movies as supports for lessons.
Brice is available for online and face to face lessons in Melbourne.
Eva,
French tutor
Eva is a Parisian and loves her native city, the French culture, the French history, playing tennis,
playing the piano, and teaching the beautiful French language.
She has been teaching French for 17 years in Australia. To lead her student to success, she took an
extra higher qualification and added an Advanced Certificate in teaching French as a Foreign
Language to her curriculum vitae.
As a French teacher, she worked in kindergarten, primary and high school but also collaborated
with private language schools and the Alliance Française in Australia where she ran classes for all
levels and age groups of students.
Eva is familiar with the Australian high school language curriculum and brings her high school students to success. She is also an external French examiner for year 12.
Eva organised “travellers’ classes” where the French language taught is limited and aims at travelling needs.
During her lessons, she uses “FLE” approved resources, and each lesson is tailored to the students needs and level. Material, adequately, will match and stimulate the students.
Eva is passionate and wants her students to succeed, she works in a respectful decent manner and
makes each lesson unique because learning French is serious but should stay fun.
Eva is available for online lessons.
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