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Proven Success: 90%
grade improvement;
75% higher test scores

The students that I've taught French and Spanish test much better than their fellow students who do not have access to a tutor like me. My students have showed a 90% improvement from when they started learning the language in a classroom setting where little attention is given to each student individually. You can learn much better in a one-on-one situation where you are coached to be the best speaker that you can be.

Why Learn a Foreign Language?

In a world that is increasingly interdependent, we can no longer afford to remain monolingual. Success depends in large measure on the ability of an individual to function as a member of a global village whose members speak a variety of languages. Learning foreign languages is no longer a pastime: it is a necessity. How does learning a foreign language help you to meet today’s challenges?

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Different Students 
Require Different
Approaches to Learning

I cater to the person that I'm teaching. A 7 year old child will need to be taught differently than a 60 year old person. That is what I'm good at, I think. I try to understand the person I'm teaching French or Spanish too and teach them what will be most beneficial to them in their use of that language.

How Learning a Foreign Language Can Help You Professionally & Personally

I believe in the importance of learning a foreign language — it opened a new world to me, propelled my career as a foreign correspondent and helped me set up a business as a content marketing strategist.

I guess I’m lucky that I was raised in a bilingual environment — in the Philippines, we have to learn both our native language (Tagalog) and a foreign language (English) as early as primary school. I also have a knack for languages, and I feel quite comfortable speaking and writing in English even though my parents hardly speak it at home.

 
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In The News
1 in 5 marries households in US has 1 foreign-born spouse
 

One in five married households has at least one spouse who was born outside the United States, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.

Three states and the District of Columbia have 12% or more households where one spouse is American-born and the other is not.

 

A case study of the tutor/mentor connection of Cabrini connections
 

Sports leagues, tutoring programs, and other small primary support programs are important fixtures in many neighborhoods--providing children with safe spaces to spend their out-of-school time and offering young people opportunities not only to form meaningful relationships with adults and peers but also to learn new skills. Recognizing the challenges that many primary supports face in sustaining their programs--particularly small organizations--Chapin Hall has considered the types of "infrastructures"--such as physical resources, information, or support services-

 

Testimonials 

     My daughter Luna loves going to her French lessons with Sylvain. She has learned so much in a few months already.

— Hannah from Bend, OR

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      Sylvain helped me with my French homework and I have gotten nothing but A's since I started studying with him.

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— Alicia from Walnut Creek, CA

     Not only did I not know a word of Spanish when I started but I had a fear of  languages. Sylvain made it easy for me.

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— Ayidh from Talahassee, TN

   I'm doing a baccalaureat in French and I felt like my French wasn't good enough. Thanks to Sylvain it is now up to par with what I needed to be at.

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— Ellie from Bend, OR

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