"Alessandra has helped me grow and maintain my French literacy and verbal skills through repetition and immersive content."
– Charlie, San Diego, CA
"Formidable! Alessandra is the best teacher/tutor I've ever had. Her French lessons - which are actually fun! - immerse you into the French language and culture focusing on practical day-to-day conversation that you can actually put to use. She is a native French speaker (though she is also fluent in English) which I think is important. She is also an extremely nice person, patient and encouraging, and it's a great pleasure to know her. My French proficiency has progressed enormously with her help, from absolute beginner to now intermediate speaker, and I cannot recommend her classes highly enough."
– Dominic, San Diego, CA
"Alessandra was referred to us by a UCSD French professor. We needed a French tutor to help my daughter who was in 4th grade at the time. Now my daughter is in 7th grade and with Alessandra’s help was able to attend a level 3 French class with high schoolers and be the top of her class. I can only say wonderful and amazing things about Alessandra as a teacher and person. My daughter has always been enthusiastic and looks forward to her classes with Alessandra even if they are on Saturdays. Alessandra’s classes are fun, and she uses many new ways to practice and improve reading and writing. She made my daughter very comfortable speaking and asking questions in French. She sometimes shares her baking and cooking skills with her to teach her new vocabulary. It is a great learning experience for my daughter. She used to be good at grammar but barely had the confidence to speak in French, but now she can and will eagerly speak French without any hesitation. Her writing, grammar, fluency, and reading comprehension are always improving with Alessandra. She is a great and intelligent teacher who is talented in many ways. We feel we made a very good choice choosing Alessandra as our daughter’s French tutor and we really appreciate all the effort that she has done for us."
– Samira, Madrid, Spain
"Absolute stellar instructor! Her professionalism and genuine desire to help her students not just learn, but also understand and retain the material, far exceeds anything that I’ve ever experienced in 34 years of military courses and college classes. As someone who never enjoyed attending academic classes, these courses have completely reversed my attitude. I look forward to interacting in class, taking on assignments, and demonstrating my abilities in class. After class, I find myself reviewing the days lesson subconsciously, trying to improve on what I’ve just learned. The quality of the material, her mastery of English and French grammar, as well as her personal experience in the related cultures cannot be touched by anyone or any other course."
– John, Lusby, MD
"I have been studying French for some time, both on my own and in college/adult ed classrooms. Because I have no real reason to use the language on a daily basis, it has been hard to keep up any proficiency I may have developed. Since I have been working with Alessandra my fluency has improved. We speak in French and discuss French language newscast. Alessandra corrects my speech, both in pronunciation and grammar. She is fun to work with — interesting and professional. I recommend her courses to anyone who wants to learn to speak French."
– Jane, Indian Wells, CA