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Jonathan
French
Native
English
German
Spanish
Swiss German
Georgian

From Switzerland

Living in Geneva, Switzerland

Dance-theater artist, coaching athletes & dancers, teaching french with an immersive methode I spent my childhood waiting for the bell. The bell that rang to get up and run outside. And rather than sit and study, I'd go out and measure myself against the elements, pushing my body in all kinds of acrobatic activities. So, as an autodidact, I engaged in a career as a freestyle ski athlete. Finally, a few injuries redirected me towards a bachelor's degree in sports science. Once finished, I felt I had to leave for new horizon. I spent a year travelling by bike and kayak until Georgia where I discovered theater and dance. Two years later, I returned to Switzerland to attend a theater and creation school. Today, I live in Georgia, giving dance-theater classes and performing on stage. Pedagogy is developing a subtle sense of someone’s situation and proposing an adapted path of progression, coherent and alive. I develop my pedagogic skills coaching gymnastic, ski freestyle, dance, theater and French. Crossing all those fields, I could discover similar structures and patterns of learning process and started also to transfer methods from one field to another. During my bachelor studies in sport, I realized how deep emotions and body are involved in learning process. This even became the topic of my bachelor thesis: “Importance of self-presence in learning a foreign language”. It's always a joy to create personalized conditions to allow students to perform their best. Teaching is having a vision on the overall structure while creating an immersive and personalized context. ...
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Trial Lesson
70 lessons completed
USD 7.00+
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Let's speak French! - Thoughts into words - B1-C2
B1-C2
Conversation
428 lessons completed
USD 12.00+
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Perform french as your own - Words into action - A1-C2
A1-C2
Language Essentials
785 lessons completed
USD 16.00+
10% off
Writing creative - Give a French life to your words - A1-C2
B1-C2
Language Essentials
113 lessons completed
USD 14.00+
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Liz Fox
31 French lessons
Teacher’s pick
Jonathan clearly explained and followed his extremely effective teaching strategy. He was patient and thoughtful and allowed me to make mistakes and learn from them. I look forward to continuing to study with him!
Student Tony | YNOT?coaching
Tony | YNOT?coaching
10 French lessons
Teacher’s pick
I'm very happy to have met Jonathan. He established a connection between us very well and laid out a clear strategy for not just my french learning journey, or just my study of other languages, but my self-development as a person as well! Highly recommend!
Student Sarah Estarin ⭐️
Sarah Estarin ⭐️
10 French lessons
Great conversation as always, and it was nice to see you again after such a long time.
Student Nune
Nune
1 French lesson
Teacher’s pick
Merci, Jonathan, pour ton cours tres imaginatif et creatif - cela m'a donne un reel sentiment d'habiter la langue.
Student Dorinès Garbàn
Dorinès Garbàn
7 French lessons
Tuve una prueba de 30min y ha sido genial, es un profesor muy paciente y muy educado, definitivamente contratare con él!
Student Braxton
Braxton
1 French lesson
Really helpful and friendly tutor and I look forward to speaking with him again soon