Californian students

Zayra, San Francisco artist:

"Karine, you are the best French instructor. I learned French more easily with you because you have a wonderful grace and sense of humor too. It was elegantly funny and therefore easier to learn! Everyone should study French with you, especially beginners!"

Greg, Palo Alto:

"Karine has a warm and engaging style of teaching French.  Using a variety of learning techniques, students are gently encouraged to practice their vocabulary and conversation skills through games, questions and answers, role playing and interactive exercises. Our introductory course was six weeks long and Glen and I both felt that we had learned more through Karine's mentoring than we would have learned through a more conventional continuing education course. We also appreciated how Karine helped us to understand appropriate use of phrases and verbs so that we would fit in comfortably in a variety of conversational situations during our vacation to France."

Christina Friedman, Redwood

"I cannot say enough good things about Karine. My husband and I originally hired Karine to enrich my stepson's education as most public schools do not offer French as a second language, especially for grade-school levels. We did the lessons as a pair and were both amazed how much we were able to pick up in such a short amount of time. It is one thing to study French from a book, but another to practice it verbally with someone who is from Paris. Not even Rosetta Stone compared to this experience. But the benefits of a private instructor aside, Karine is a uniquely gifted instructor. She immerses you in the language in a way that only a native speaker can. Her sense of humor and obvious intelligence make learning a pleasure. We cannot wait to take the kids to Paris and be able to apply what we've learned!" -