Julie comes from Besançon and the Franche-Comté region, especially known for its great variety of cheeses and for its famous comté or cancoillotte. Passionate about languages and the way it brings people, Julie always knew she wanted to share her own language and her own culture with people abroad. Apart from teaching, she loves to go on hikes and to discover hidden places, but she usually spends her spare time reading her latest favorite book at a local café. She also loves to cook in the evening while listening to acoustic music.

✔ MA in Teaching French as a Foreign Language (Toulouse)
✔ BA in Foreign Languages, Literature and Civilisations (Besançon)
✔ DELF examinator and corrector certificate

Priscillia comes from Combs-la-Ville, a suburban town in the south of Paris mostly surrounded by endless fields but only a half hour train ride from the centre of the beloved French capital. She has travelled extensively (USA, Canada, Egypt, Kenya…) and has worked as a French teacher both in Russia and in China. She knew early on in life that teaching is her calling, and particularly enjoys teaching her mother tongue while having the opportunity to share the vast and fascinating culture of her own country. Apart from teaching, she is fond of literature and music, spending most of her free time having her nose in a book or practicing her musical instruments.   

✔ MA in Teaching French as a Foreign Language (Paris Sorbonne-Nouvelle) 
✔ BA in English, minor Teaching French as a Foreign Language (Paris Sorbonne-Nouvelle) 
✔ DELF examinator and corrector certificate, accredited from the Alliance Française de Shanghai 
✔ Taught internationally

Noémie comes from Bordeaux, a city near the wild Atlantic coast and its surfers, and the vast pines’ forest of Les Landes. She studied literature and linguistics at Toulouse University. Naturally making friends with people from different countries, she has always felt happy in international environments. That’s why she decided to do a Master’s degree to become a French teacher for foreigners. She lived in Finland, Ireland, and now in England. Apart from teaching, she is passionate about South American cultures and Spanish language, she practised many types of dances, and she loves to discover new music bands on stage. In the weekend, she never misses a chance to make some « crêpes »!

✔ Master in teaching French as a Foreign Language (Toulouse)

✔ Significant experience in teaching French to children from bilingual and multicultural families

✔ Makes sure students gain confidence, motivation, and have a good time during their French lessons

Sarah comes from Draveil, a suburban town in the South of Paris, famous for the shores of the Seine, which were an inspiration for impressionists, and its famous inhabitants like Alphonse Daudet, Eugène Delacroix or Nadar. She loves languages and adores sharing her culture with others, this is why becoming a teacher and researcher was obvious. She is currently working as a French lectrice at the University of Oxford, but has also worked at the University of St Andrews. Apart from teaching, Sarah is a huge theatre enthusiast, but also a backpacker as she loves traveling. On a holiday, you will probably find her sitting at a show (musical or play), visiting an art gallery or hiking a random coastal trail or mountain.

✔ Master in French Didactics (Paris Sorbonne-Nouvelle)

✔ Lectrice in French (University of Oxford, Pembroke College and New College)

✔ Special interest in Theatre 
✔ DELF diploma examiner

Teaching French has always been more than a job for Marcelle – it is a passion. As far as she can remember, she always wanted to be a French teacher. Marcelle says she has been extremely lucky to be able to work in many different countries where she taught to many diplomats. Marcelle and her husband have raised two bilingual children who are now adults and between all of them, they speak five languages.

✔ Marcelle has been working as a French teacher in several private schools around the world.
✔ She worked at St Helen and St Katharine school in Abingdon for many years and has extensive experience teaching GCSE and A Level French (all board)
✔ She has been also a certified examiner for IGCSE for Cambridge for 7 years and GCSE Edexcel for more than 10 years.
✔ She is also a DELF and DALF examiner, accredited from the Institut Français in London

Zoé comes from Strasbourg. She is a keen traveller (Europe, Asia and Latin America) and loves meeting people from all over the world. She is also passionate about how learning a new language opens doors on so many different cultures, and this is what she wants to share with her students. Her taste for cheese, fashion and art might stem from her mixed French and Italian roots. The wonders of nature fascinate her, this is why she volunteers to protect it. She is also a bookworm as well as a ballet adept and a (very experimental!) vegetarian cook.

✔ BA in Modern Languages and MA in multilingualism and interculturality (Strasbourg)
✔ Managed and created a learning method for children (Monterrey, Mexico)
✔ DELF diploma examiner and corrector
✔ Taught art classes in French and DELF preparation classes
✔ Loves working with children because that often means learning French through games and manual activities (the more glitter it involves, the better!)

Charles comes from the South-West of France. He has worked as a private French tutor in Oxford for seven years. He is fond of rugby and science fiction. In 2010, he published a collection of short stories for all ages entitled “Les Histoires du p’tit Nikhölaf” (Le Verger des Hespérides).

✔ PhD in Sociology of Education and Teaching French as a Foreign Language degree holder (Aix-en-Provence)
✔ Can offer training and support to students in needs (dyslexia, lack of motivation…)
✔ Worked as a teacher for students in situation of school dropout
✔ Makes sure every student gains autonomy all along the learning process

After completing her BA in Nantes, Viviane moved to England to be a lecturer where she realized that teaching French was her true calling and kept traveling the world: Ethiopia, Hungary, Mongolia and Georgia. She is now back in France but still teaches with the Alliance of Oxford, online. Like a true Française, she is passionate about gastronomy and cooking, having mastered the local dishes of each of the countries she has lived in. But still a « bretonne » at heart: ask her why Brittany is the best region of France!

✔ Master in Teaching French as a Foreign Language (Paris X)
✔ DELF B2 instructor,
✔ Conversational French for business and government leaders (President of the Central Bank of Georgia)
✔ Private lessons (general French and FOS – professional and tourism French)
✔ Training for job interviews in French
✔ Teacher for future French teachers

Barbara has been living and studying in the UK for 20 years. She graduated from Oxford Brookes University and has been working as a Senior Lecturer since 2009. Her research focuses on the interactions of the literary and medical discourses during the 19^th century in France. Barbara is passionate about literature, painting and is a keen yoga adept.

✔ Specialist in the 19th French literature: the Goncourt Brothers and PhD in History of Medicine (hysteria and neurosis)
✔ Taught at University for 15 years (language and literature modules)
✔ PGCE (Oxford) in French and Spanish

Floriane comes from Haute-Savoie, a region known for its beautiful alpine landscapes, ski resorts and the delicious tartiflette!  She was born near Thones, the capital of the French cheese Reblochon. She is studying for her MA in teaching French as a foreign language in the university of Nantes. She will be doing an internship of six months at the Alliance Française d'Oxford. She is specifically interested in how la “francophonie” is promoted in French language courses. Apart from teaching,  she loves nature, going for a hike and cooking.

✔ MA in Teaching French as a Foreign Language (Nantes University)
✔ MA in Comparative Literature (Grenoble-Alpes University)
✔ BA in Sociology (Grenoble-Alpes University)