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Private tutoring in French at collège (lower secondary school)

At collège (ages 11 to 15), French lays the foundations of the whole of schooling: sentence grammar, conjugation, grammatical spelling, then reading complete works and first pieces of argumentative writing. Gaps built up in 6e and 5e become visible in 4e, when written work gets longer, and weigh heavily in the French paper of the brevet (the end-of-collège exam).

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At collège, a tutor who is patient with grammar and spelling, able to revisit a rule from the last year of primary school without making it a punishment, helps more than an essay specialist.

Manon

Soutien Scolaire de la primaire au lycée

New tutor5 years of experienceAccepting new students
Subject searched:
Français
Also:
Mathématiques · Physique-Chimie
+ 18 other subjects

SVT / Biologie · Anglais · Histoire-Géographie · Informatique / Programmation · Latin · Sciences de l'ingénieur · Allemand · SES · Culture générale · Aide aux devoirs · Méthodologie et organisation · Soutien scolaire général · NSI · Brevet · Orientation · BAC · TOEIC · TOEFL

Levels:
Primaire · Collège · Lycée · Adulte

€24 / hourAll-inclusive price, paid by the family. No hidden fees.

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Léonard

Soutien scolaire toutes matières par un étudiant à HEC

New tutor5 years of experienceAccepting new students
Subject searched:
Français
Also:
Mathématiques · Physique-Chimie
+ 13 other subjects

Anglais · Histoire-Géographie · Informatique / Programmation · Espagnol · Chinois · Géopolitique · HGGSP · Aide aux devoirs · Méthodologie et organisation · Soutien scolaire général · Brevet · Orientation · BAC

Levels:
Primaire · Collège · Lycée · Licence / Master

€34 / hourAll-inclusive price, paid by the family. No hidden fees.

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Philippine

Professeur de français et espagnol | +350 élèves déjà suivis

New tutor6 years of experienceAccepting new students
Subject searched:
Français
Also:
Espagnol · Brevet
+ 1 other subject

BAC

Levels:
Primaire · Collège · Lycée · Adulte · Licence / Master

€38 / hourAll-inclusive price, paid by the family. No hidden fees.

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The curriculum

Why take tutoring in French at collège (lower secondary school)?

Topics covered

  • Parts of speech and grammatical functions
  • Conjugation and agreement
  • Reading complete works
  • Writing and narrative
  • The brevet French paper

What you work on in sessions

  • Identify the part of speech and function of a word in a complex sentence
  • Make the past participle agree with être and with avoir
  • Write a narrative or argumentative text in organised paragraphs
  • Answer a comprehension question by quoting the text

Shaky grammatical foundations

Subject, direct object, adverbial: as long as the function of words remains unclear, agreement and text analysis do too.

Spelling that slips in 4e

Texts to write get longer and dictations more complex. Agreement errors, tolerated earlier, start to cost dearly.

The brevet in sight

The paper combines comprehension, grammar, dictation and writing in a single exam. Practising under exam conditions teaches students how to divide their time.

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Tutoring in French at collège (lower secondary school) from €24 an hour

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Private tutoring

Homework help or private tutoring: which should you choose?

Homework help suits students who understand their lessons but struggle to organise themselves or move forward alone. Private tutoring is suited to reworking a specific subject or skill in depth. The choice depends on what is really holding the student back: organising their work or mastering the knowledge.

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Active recall: the revision method that makes the brain retrieve information

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Frequently asked questions

Your questions about tutoring in French at collège (lower secondary school)

From which year should French tutoring start at collège?

As soon as dictation or writing marks drop for good, often in 5e or 4e. Starting early costs less than catching up on two years of grammar.

How do you prepare for the brevet French paper?

On complete past papers: questions on a text, rewriting, dictation, then a choice of writing task. The tutor corrects each part and targets the one that loses the most marks.

My child makes a lot of mistakes: where do we start?

By identifying the families of errors (agreement, homophones, conjugation) rather than correcting everything at once. Each session targets one family, until it becomes automatic.

Does French tutoring at collège also cover reading?

Yes: understanding a text, identifying the point of view, backing up an answer with a quotation. These skills are useful in French and in every other subject.

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