A Personalized Approach to Learning French
MY TEACHING APPROACH
Your portrait comes first.
Everything else grows from it.
I begin by discovering who I am teaching—not by
choosing the next chapter.
Why Every French Learner Needs a Different Approach
Two people can attend the same French class and find different things challenging. One may remember vocabulary easily but struggle with pronunciation, while another speaks confidently yet finds grammar confusing.
Some students have a visual memory, others rely more on what they hear.
Different types of learners. Different approaches.
Some French learners are translators, working through their native language before forming a sentence in French.
Others are collectors, gathering vocabulary and grammar rules, books and apps, but finding it harder to make sense of all this content and use it in conversation.
Speakers readily try out what they know, even with mistakes. Some remember a word’s spelling or its place on a page through visual memory, while others more easily recall sounds and spoken phrases through auditory memory.
These tendencies can overlap and change with experience—one person may recognise many words yet struggle to recall them when speaking.
Do you know what kind(s) of learner are you?
WHAT IS THE METHOD?
Understanding Each Learner's Strengths and Challenges
How Memory, Repetition and Recall Support Learning
01 / YOUR PORTRAIT
My French Learning Portrait™: Understanding the Learner
Two people with the same French level may need very different lessons. I look beyond scores to understand what helps you learn.
Initial Learning Assessment
Continuous Assessment as You Progress
01 / Discover
My French Learning Portrait
We begin with your strengths, challenges, learning patterns, memories and goals. Your portrait evolves as you do.
02 / Craft
My French Atelier
Your portrait guides the original lessons I create, the practice we revisit, and every decision about what comes next.
03 / Explore
My French Passport
Carry your French into conversations, exams, cultural discoveries, and - if you choose - immersion in Southern France.
02 / YOUR ATELIER
My French Atelier™: Crafting Your French Lessons
Your portrait is not a document that sits on a shelf. It guides what I design and how I teach.
Original Lessons Created for Your Needs
I create my own teaching materials instead of following a standard textbook. Grammar, conversation, pronunciation, reading, listening and writing are chosen and connected with purpose.
When something needs reinforcement, I revisit it in a new context. When you are ready for more, I introduce fresh challenges.
03 / MEMORY & PROGRESS
From Understanding French to Using It with Confidence
Learning French is one thing.
Retrieving it is another.
I integrate purposeful repetition to make language easier to retain and use.
YOUR NEXT CHAPTER
Your journey begins with your portrait.
Tell me about your French experience and where you hope it will take you.
MY PRIVATE FRENCH CLASS
Every French learner has a story.
Every journey begins with a portrait.
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Stéphanie Berton ·
Qualified native French teacher & author
Creator of My French Learning Portrait