Raphaël Colucci

Raphaël is great. He's quite attuned, so even when I hit a roadblock with the language, conversation feels easy. One of my goals is to be able to enjoy films and TV. He gave me a YouTube video to watch and then discuss at the next lesson. The video was the perfect length and level to push me towards better comprehension of more complex and informal media.

Raphaël has a wonderful approach to teaching. He uses a textbook and provides a very structured environment to ensure the student actually understands what they are learning. He helps you get the details right as you learn but also provides tips and guidance on focusing on the things you do know for real-world situations. Working with him already relives much stress and makes me feel that I can learn French!

Raphaël was thoughtful, thorough and helped me identify and fix my misunderstandings. His support has given me further confidence in speaking and writing after only a couple of lessons, and he has identified and offered structured materials in areas where I have been able to identify that I could learn more. Recommended!

A really useful lesson, lots of underpinning information, reinforcing what I know and new information. The structure of the lessons gives lots of opportunities for reading, listening and testing what you have learnt, in a relaxed and fun way. Brilliant! Thank you.

I look forward to learning French with Raphael!

Raphaël is a thoughtful, patient and engaged teacher, who was able to provide useful feedback at my level. He provides helpful encouragement, and after taking his feedback on board, I find I understand more and can express myself with greater clarity and ease.