Welcome to my testimonials page! Here you can read some comments submitted from a few of my actually students! Please fill out the form om the right if you think you’d like to do a free trial French lesson via and found out more. Merci!
If you’ve studied French for a while (either on your own or with apps or traditional group classes) and still felt stuck, I recommend that you consider investing in lessons with David. David offers both a structured curriculum for beginners to grasp the basics, as well as a personalized approach to help improve aspects you’re struggling with. I’ve always had problems with the R sound in French, and David planned a lesson around that. I found it so useful that we expanded it to several lessons to cover all the sounds, which I knew I needed to perfect but could neither find a teacher that could help me it nor do it on my own. In addition, David is knowledgeable of Canadian French, so you will get both a standard French language experience as well as the Canadian variation if that suits your need. -Dee, Montreal
(Email submitted after several months) “First, I would like to thank you for the really helpful French lessons you have provided over the past several months. You have been, by far, the best teacher I have ever had, in any subject! I want to thank you again for your help. While I loved the learning, you were a skilled inspiration. Keep doing what you do so well, David – and should things ever change, I will come back to you for more learning.” -Deborah Hill, London, UK
I enjoyed the session very much! You spoke very clearly and slowly enough for me to understand. I like how within a session I get to practice a lot of skills simultaneously – reading, speaking and formulating in French. I truly do feel that I’m in a friendly and non-judgemental environment (thank you for that!). I have gotten self conscious when with Francophones which many times has deterred me from even trying to speak in French. But I can see that you share in my goals to get better AND to enjoy that experience, mistakes and all. I appreciate how you are customizing the lessons based on my needs and skills vs. giving me a generic plan. That also ensures that I get the most out of the lesson timeline and really driving progress. – D. O., USA
valuable. Also, he was very helpful when he added new words and expressions along the way. Merci!” – Olya Kiseleva, Toronto, Canada
I thoroughly enjoyed David’s teaching methods – I felt comfortable yet challenged throughout the class and came away feeling like I had really learned something. He obviously has a lot of experience with both speaking and teaching French around the world. -Anna Mitchell, New Zealand
As a tutor, you are very friendly and put me at ease, which I think is vital to enable someone to work at their full potential. As well as this, despite the fact that I was unorganised in terms of having an idea of what I needed from our lesson, I still came away from the session feeling that I had learnt and developed my French further. Finally, the fact that you have many entries on your website, including that of French bar vocabulary that was particularly relevant to me extremely useful. – Olivia Sheron, UK
I really enjoy my lessons with David, he makes the language feel alive and so interesting that I want to learn more. I feel quite relaxed during the lessons so I retain the knowledge better. I feel that I am improving especially with the spoken French and am feeling more confidant and eagerly await the next session. -Janet Butterworth, UK
“I have always searched for good French teachers since I graduated from college at which I took French as a second language. I had learned with some French native teachers, but learning with David is one of the best experiences I have had in my French learning journey. He takes best advantage of the fact that he is an eloquent yet non-native French teacher. I can tell from the way he teaches that he himself had always searched for the good learning opportunities with trial and error and he definitely has established a ” method” or a special way of teaching that most native French people are not capable of creating.
He integrates grammar, pronunciation and the chance to actually use French in a very systematic way. As I myself have been a language teacher, I can truly appreciate the value of his lesson. Because I am Japanese, I also enjoy learning French in English. It both provides me the chance to brush up my English and learn French simultaneously. David even sometimes teaches me some Chinese words that sound similar to Japanese and if this is not fun, what would be a “fun” language lesson!” -M. O., Tokyo, Japan
“David has been teaching me French for the past three months and I found his style of teaching quite effective. To start with I only wanted David’s service as a speaking partner to practice spoken French. Over time while being my speaking buddy David quite skilfully incorporated into our conversation grammatical exercises and these enrich my spoken French really well.
His teaching style is patient and diligent while being encouraging and enthusiastic. David is also very punctual with lessons which I appreciate having a busy schedule. Although we only connect for 30 minutes once per week, I already noticed a certain degree of ease while speaking French all totally due to David’s instructions.
David’s skills and qualities are built on strong foundation – he speaks French with no accent, like a native. I would not hesitate recommending him as a French teacher to anyone looking for quality service. -Alec H., London, UK
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