MEET OUR FRENCH TUTOR

Madame Matheu is a native of France having grown up in Narbonne where her parents are winegrowers to this day. She now resides near Versailles with her American husband and three children (during the 2001-2002 academic year she and her husband are on a sabbatical in the San Francisco area where her husband is continuing his oceanographic research). She has a PhD from Texas A&M as well as a prestigious engineering degree from a French University.  Her husband, Jim, also has a PhD in Oceanography and is an oceanographer in France.

All of us at the Angelicum have spent years studying one or more foreign languages and are of the firm conviction that native-language tutors provide an invaluable resource for anyone seeking proper instruction in a foreign language. Even the best texts and tapes are not able to help with pronunciation or clarify nuances.  Indeed, many are written by non-native speakers and contain errors in idiom and pronunciation. Madame Matheu is always careful to help her students speak with correct idiomatic expressions and to point out any errors in French textbooks written by non-native speakers.

Madame Matheu online with Children's PowerGlide French

Madame Matheu has taught French and English to both French and American students for fourteen years.  She has taught language from the preschool level all the way through intensive courses for executives and professors.   As a native of southern France and long-time resident in northern France, Madame Matheu is familiar with native variations in dialect, pronunciation, and phraseology.

Classes are taught in a complete "virtual" classroom which offers both audio and video for students and teacher.  Madame Matheu presently uses Paltalk, the same software used for our online socratic discussion groups. Students can enroll and attend a weekly online French class (subject to minimum class size) with other students (similar to our online socratic seminars).  Students can also sign up for weekly or bi-weekly half-hour one-on-one sessions.  Students are also free to arrange private sessions on their own schedule  Prices vary according to the level of instruction.  Visit our online bookstore for standard pricing or e-mail us with a request for special pricing.

Madame Matheu and her students are able to see each other and speak to each other via the Internet