Hear and read directly from my coachees what they enjoyed from our work together and what they gained from it!
William
PhD Student
My expectations were that Cathy would guide me through a planned course of study, while taking my input into consideration as to my goals, my interests, and my learning style. She has met and exceeded each of these expectations.
Karina, College student in Montreal, from Peru
I really enjoyed practicing the oral skills through stories. So, in some of our sessions Cathy would show me some sort of comics and I would tell the story. I loved this activity because I feel that I learned a lot of vocabulary in a more organic way.
Cathy made grammar so easy that some topics that I found in school, she just explained them in 5 minutes.
Magda, Toronto, Ontario, “Décollage” 6 months
Je voulais me souvenir du français que j’ai appris il y a 20 ans et avancer pour être fluide dans le futur. Je voulais trouver une méthode effective pour apprendre la langue. [Après 6 mois de coaching,] je suis encore timide mais je peux parler avec mes collègues et je comprends ce qu’ils disent.
Danson, UK/Switzerland, works for a NGO
How Danson went from fear of speaking to enjoying French with our private French lessons online, him in Geneva, me in Quebec.
Jamie, Anglophone Canadian, Hamilton, ON, Flight Attendant
I have had Cathy as a French coach for about 6 months now. I could have never imagined the progress that I have made in this time.
Cathy really takes the time to understand the way that you learn, and will alter her lessons to make you progress as fast and as comfortable as possible.
Her patience and encouragement have made me achieve goals in a safe and non judgmental space.
Waseem, Syria/Montreal, Software developer
With private French lessons, Cathy has helped me raise my level of French conversation to the point where I can have a conversation with my daughter’s teachers at school, my neighbors, my French speaking community in Montreal.
Edvin, from North Macedonia, Confident Francophone Coaching
Before I wasn’t able to say basic things in French even if I had the theory, but now I can make a normal conversation without hesitation.
I definitely recommend her if you wish to make progress.
S.M, from Egypt preparing for TCF test
Catherine helped me a lot to prepare and pass the TCF test in less than 2 months, a very challenging objective to move from A2 to B1, but with her techniques I was able to get the certificate and even achieve B2 in some sections.
Hou, from China preparing for DALF C1
She is very kind and patient, I can feel that she does a lot of preparation to teach me.
She gave me a lot of advice and answered my questions perfectly.
Will, from Canada taking Confident Francophone (Advanced) Lessons
As always, thank you for a great session! We corrected and discussed a text I had written together, and it was really beneficial to see many subtleties of grammar and vocabulary that I had missed.
Adina, from Romania/UK, preparing for TCF Canadian Immigration exam
Our sessions certainly gave me the confidence I needed!
Rachael Marchal, from the UK, studying for the TCF exam
I booked a session with Cathy to get more information about the TCF exam for citizenship and to know my level of French.
Cathy is both very friendly and efficient. She directed me immediately to the relevant exercises without wasting time.
Estelle, from China, TEF Immigration coaching
I booked a session with Cathy to get more information about the TCF exam for citizenship and to know my level of French. Cathy is both very friendly and efficient. She directed me immediately to the relevant exercises without wasting time.