/01
“Reading aloud sounds like English words in French order.”
Pronunciation
Nasal vowels, liaison and the letters that are not said, worked early — because a habit formed in year one is expensive to undo in year three.
French tutors
124
French tutors on Saal
$30/hr
Lowest rate anyone charges
The gap between what a French student can read and what they can say is wider than in any other language we teach. Closing it is most of the work.
MiddleHighCollegeAdult
What you’ll work on
Five things people say before they book.
One of them is usually the reason. The topic underneath is what a tutor would put the first month into.
/02
“Agreement rules are known and applied about half the time.”
Tenses and agreement
Passé composé against imparfait, agreement with être and avoir, and the subjunctive, in the order your course meets them.
/03
“Every answer starts with a long silence and then a translation.”
Speaking under pressure
Answering in a full sentence, at speed, without translating in your head first — practised until the pause shortens.
/04
“Classroom audio is clear and anything else is noise.”
Listening
Real French at real speed, from broadcasts and conversation rather than the slow classroom recordings.
/05
“The vocabulary is there in practice and gone in the exam room.”
The oral exam
The format your course sets, rehearsed enough times that the nerves stop being the thing that decides the grade.
None of them quite it?
Bring the syllabus, the textbook or the last score report to a first lesson. Every French tutor here plans against what you actually have, not against a standard course.
How a first lesson is runWho teaches it
French, taught by 2 of these 124.
In whichever order you find useful. Thirty minutes with any of them is free, so meeting two before you choose costs nothing but the evening.
Nadine Brooks
Brooklyn· Online or in person
$48/hr
Essays, close reading and college applications
5.0(121)
What it costs
Priced by level, not by subject.
Tutors set their own rate and Saal adds nothing on top of it. These are the bands they set it inside, the same in every subject, and the lowest anyone charges to teach French is $30/hr.
Move or cancel any lesson up to twelve hours ahead at no charge, and the card is charged the morning after a lesson happens. Packages and refunds.
Your first thirty minutes
Thirty free minutes, and this is what they are for.
01
Read a short passage aloud
Ninety seconds. Pronunciation habits are audible immediately and they shape everything after.
The terms, in full
- Free
- 30 minutes
- No card asked for
02
Have a conversation
Simple and real. The tutor is measuring the pause before you answer, not the mistakes inside it.
It will be one of these five
- Pronunciation
- Tenses and agreement
- Speaking under pressure
- Listening
- The oral exam
Questions
What people ask before they book.
Nearby
Where people go next.
The rest of English & languages first, then whatever else is taught at the same levels.
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