My name is Beryl and I am a primary school teacher, retraining to become a speech therapist. During my studies, I miss teaching: I would be delighted to help you improve your spelling, or more broadly your French (reading aloud, grammar, conjugation...)!
My courses are suitable for all ages, all school levels, and all levels of mastery (from primary school to higher education, or even for adults already in the workforce - or not - wishing to progress).
I have excellent spelling, which was reinforced during my teaching master's degree, during classroom teaching (teaching helps to master it even better), and during my entry into speech therapy school.
I offer lexical spelling (how words are spelled) and grammatical spelling (agreements), but also reading aloud, grammar, conjugation... according to your needs.
I adapt to your request: "surface" or "push," more training or explanations...
We can start from a French exercise you have to do, from one of your texts written independently or from one of your texts to read, from a dictation, from a type of agreement or from a list of words that is causing you problems... or from nothing, and I will offer you a short "diagnostic" dictation or reading.
I don't really have a fixed session structure because I adapt to each student. However, I always start with your request, so you'll begin the lesson. Throughout the lesson, I'll build on what you bring to the table and what you find challenging (or not).
I have many tools in my teacher's bag (illustrated spelling, physical paths, mnemonic devices, word corpus, dictations, ease in creating tailor-made systematic dictations/exercises, ability to use AI to best adapt exercises, textbooks of various levels... and above all my ability to adapt to your request!).
I don't hesitate to think outside the box, to move away from "classic" methods, in order to bring what seems relevant to me... and I dare to change and propose something else if I find that it doesn't work!
As a primary school teacher, I know how to adapt to younger children and am familiar with the different stages of teaching and learning spelling. Through various other experiences, I also know how to provide adults with what they need, by putting myself at their level without the concepts being taught seeming childish.
The feedback from families at the school has always been very positive. I haven't had the opportunity to give private lessons yet, but I'm looking forward to it: I really enjoyed the APC (complementary educational activities) sessions where I could help 3 students gain confidence in themselves and their abilities, and progress from where they were.
I offer lessons via video call or at your home (Rennes).
Lessons can be one-off (if you're struggling with a particular concept) or more regular. My schedule is flexible and may vary from week to week.
[Courses available at 50% of the listed price, if at your home, via CESU (tax reduction)]
Feel free to contact me if you think I can help you!
Looking forward to getting in touch with you!
